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The Resource Storming the wall : climate change, migration, and homeland security, Todd Miller

Storming the wall : climate change, migration, and homeland security, Todd Miller

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Summary
"According to U.S. military planners, climate change now poses the #1 national security threat to the United States, even before terrorism. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre reports that a person is four times more likely to be forced to move due to environmental disaster than by war, and in 2015 alone, 19.2 million people were displaced worldwide by environmental disasters. Droughts, fires, and floods are driving ever-larger numbers of people to cross national borders, and the problem is not just the vast numbers of people on the move, but also the legions of highly militarized border armies being deployed to stop them. In fast-paced prose, Todd Miller travels to hot spots in the United States and around the globe to investigate how environmental crisis is creating millions of climate refugees who are challenging the developed world's borders and resources. Miller explores how a sense of threat in the United States is giving rise to high-tech surveillance fortresses and fueling calls for an ever-expanding border wall. He also weaves in stories of people engaged in creative defiance of the armies, border patrols, and police being deployed to fight those in need. Miller passionately makes the case for ecological restoration, not border militarization, as the best way to achieve sustainability and security"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
270 pages
Contents
  • On the front lines of climate and borders
  • Sustainable national security: climate adaptation for the rich and powerful
  • The 21st-century border
  • Threat forecast: where climate change meets science fiction
  • Phoenix dystopia: mass migration in the homeland
  • The Philippines and the future battle at the frontlines of climate change and global pacification
  • People's pilgrimage: toward a solution of cross-border solidarity
  • Transition and transformation
  • Epilogue
Isbn
9780872867154
Instance
Label
Storming the wall : climate change, migration, and homeland security
Title
Storming the wall
Title remainder
climate change, migration, and homeland security
Statement of responsibility
Todd Miller
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"According to U.S. military planners, climate change now poses the #1 national security threat to the United States, even before terrorism. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre reports that a person is four times more likely to be forced to move due to environmental disaster than by war, and in 2015 alone, 19.2 million people were displaced worldwide by environmental disasters. Droughts, fires, and floods are driving ever-larger numbers of people to cross national borders, and the problem is not just the vast numbers of people on the move, but also the legions of highly militarized border armies being deployed to stop them. In fast-paced prose, Todd Miller travels to hot spots in the United States and around the globe to investigate how environmental crisis is creating millions of climate refugees who are challenging the developed world's borders and resources. Miller explores how a sense of threat in the United States is giving rise to high-tech surveillance fortresses and fueling calls for an ever-expanding border wall. He also weaves in stories of people engaged in creative defiance of the armies, border patrols, and police being deployed to fight those in need. Miller passionately makes the case for ecological restoration, not border militarization, as the best way to achieve sustainability and security"--
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1970-
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Miller, Todd
Dewey number
304.8/73
Index
index present
LC call number
JV6225
LC item number
.M577 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Emigration and immigration
  • Environmental refugees
  • United States
  • National security
  • Border security
  • Climatic changes
  • Global environmental change
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
  • Border security
  • Climatic changes
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Environmental refugees
  • Global environmental change
  • National security
  • North America
  • United States
Label
Storming the wall : climate change, migration, and homeland security, Todd Miller
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-262) and index
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volume
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text
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Contents
On the front lines of climate and borders -- Sustainable national security: climate adaptation for the rich and powerful -- The 21st-century border -- Threat forecast: where climate change meets science fiction -- Phoenix dystopia: mass migration in the homeland -- The Philippines and the future battle at the frontlines of climate change and global pacification -- People's pilgrimage: toward a solution of cross-border solidarity -- Transition and transformation -- Epilogue
Control code
ocn959035965
Dimensions
18 cm.
Extent
270 pages
Isbn
9780872867154
Lccn
2017017636
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)959035965
Label
Storming the wall : climate change, migration, and homeland security, Todd Miller
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-262) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
On the front lines of climate and borders -- Sustainable national security: climate adaptation for the rich and powerful -- The 21st-century border -- Threat forecast: where climate change meets science fiction -- Phoenix dystopia: mass migration in the homeland -- The Philippines and the future battle at the frontlines of climate change and global pacification -- People's pilgrimage: toward a solution of cross-border solidarity -- Transition and transformation -- Epilogue
Control code
ocn959035965
Dimensions
18 cm.
Extent
270 pages
Isbn
9780872867154
Lccn
2017017636
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)959035965

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