Climate Change, Environmental Refugees, and Human Rights in the Middle East
Will be published approx. on 16. April 2026
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-1-5381-6912-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book sets out a new framework for assessing climate change and its impacts on the region and people of the Middle East.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
583 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-6912-4 (9781538169124)
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Person
Mahmood Monshipouri is professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Part I: Concepts, Frameworks, and the Research Agenda
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Political Framework: Environmental Security and Activism
Chapter 3: A Socioeconomic Framework: Refugees' Right to Work
Chapter 4: A Legal Framework: Making a Case for Climate Refugees
Part II: Political Tensions, Refugee Crisis, and Climate Change
Chapter 5: Turkey: Refugees, Forced Migration, and Climate Change
Chapter 6: Egypt: The Growing Relevance of Climate Change Politics
Chapter 7: Syria: Climate Change and Syrian Civil War Reexamined
Chapter 8: Yemen: The War, Human Security, and the Environment
Part III: Environmental Decline, Political Economy, and Adaptation Plans
Chapter 9: Iran: Environmental Decline, Climate Displacement, and Growing Protests
Chapter 10: GCC: Climate Change and the Political Economy of Adaptation
Chapter 11: Morocco: Politics, Green Investment, and Adaptation Plans
Chapter 12: Conclusion: Weighing the Uncertainty
Acknowledgements
Part I: Concepts, Frameworks, and the Research Agenda
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Political Framework: Environmental Security and Activism
Chapter 3: A Socioeconomic Framework: Refugees' Right to Work
Chapter 4: A Legal Framework: Making a Case for Climate Refugees
Part II: Political Tensions, Refugee Crisis, and Climate Change
Chapter 5: Turkey: Refugees, Forced Migration, and Climate Change
Chapter 6: Egypt: The Growing Relevance of Climate Change Politics
Chapter 7: Syria: Climate Change and Syrian Civil War Reexamined
Chapter 8: Yemen: The War, Human Security, and the Environment
Part III: Environmental Decline, Political Economy, and Adaptation Plans
Chapter 9: Iran: Environmental Decline, Climate Displacement, and Growing Protests
Chapter 10: GCC: Climate Change and the Political Economy of Adaptation
Chapter 11: Morocco: Politics, Green Investment, and Adaptation Plans
Chapter 12: Conclusion: Weighing the Uncertainty