ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY: THE CONCEPT OF ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY Cover Image

ЕКОЛОШКА БЕЗБЕДНОСТ И БЕЗБЕДНОСТ ЖИВОТНЕ СРЕДИНЕ
ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY: THE CONCEPT OF ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY

Author(s): Dejana N. Jovanović Popović
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Social development, Human Ecology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: ecological security; environmental security; sustainable development; conflicts;

Summary/Abstract: The terms environmental and ecological security are often used interchangeably by both scientists and politicians, especially in Serbia. Whereas environmental security refers fundamentally to the threat of environmental degradation to political stability, ecological security refers to the creation of a condition where physical surroundings of a community provides for all its needs without diminishing natural resources. Accordingly, ecological security is embedded in the concept of sustainable development. Various trends in the development of security concept and environmental changes are presented in this paper. Finally, scientific explanations of the terms environmental and ecological security are given.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 142
  • Page Range: 103-118
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian