Chapter One: Analyzing Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation
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Environmental Change and Security Program
What are the gaps in the analysis of environment, conflict, and cooperation (ECC) linkages, and how can applied research fill them? This chapter identifies ten methodological, analytical, and substantive opportunities for future research, and five areas in which focused analysis could bolster policymaking.
Authors
Richard Matthew
Associate Dean of Research and International Programs, School of Social Ecology; Professor of Urban Planning, Public Policy, and Political Science; Director, Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation, University of California, Irvine
Mike Brklacich
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Bryan McDonald
Assistant Director, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
