Environmental Security Project

Environmental Security Resource Center

Water & Security Resources

While by no means a comprehensive list, the following Water & Security resources were identified during the course of this project.  They are provided as resources for further information on this subject. 

Dinar, Shlomi.  2002.  Water, Security, Conflict, and Cooperation.  SAIS Review - Volume 22, Number 2, Summer-Fall 2002.  229-253.

Gleick, Peter H.  1990. "Environment and Security: The Clear Connections." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol.47, No. 3.  17-21.

Gleick, P.H.  1993. Water and Conflict: Fresh Water Resources and International Security.  International Security, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Summer, 1993).  The MIT Press.  79-112.

Gleick, Peter H.  1993. Will Blood Flow for H2O?   Water and Conflict: Fresh Water Resources and International Security International Security, Vol. 18, No. 1. (Summer, 1993).  79-112.

EPA.  2007.  Effective Risk and Crisis Communication during Water Security Emergencies (EPA/600/R-07/027).  National Homeland Security Research Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  See
http://www.epa.gov/nhsrc/pubs/600r07027.pdf

GAO.  2007.  Freshwater Supply: States' Views of How Federal Agencies Could Help Them Meet the Challenges of Expected Shortages (GAO-08-14).  Government Accountability Office (GAO).  See
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03514.pdf

King, W.C.  2000.  Understanding International Environmental Security: A Strategic Military Perspective (November 2000), AEPI-IFP-1100A.  Army Environmental Policy Institute, U.S. Army, Department of Defense.  xi-108.  See
http://www.dean.usma.edu/departments/geo/GENEPublications/Security.pdf

King, W.C.  2008.  A Strategic Analytic Approach to Environmental Security for NATO.  NATO Security Science Forum On Environmental Security (March 12, 2008).  Brussels, Belgium.

Klare Michael T.  2001.  Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict (March 13, 2002).  Owl Books, NY.

Levinson, Marc.  2008.  Watching Water A guide to evaluating corporate risks in a thirsty world (01 April 2008).  Global Equity Research, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.  See
http://www.jpmorgan.com/cm/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=applicati
on%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1158484353549&
ssbinary=true&blobheadername1=Content-disposition&blobheadervalue1=att
achment;filename=Watching_Water:_A_guide_to_evaluating_corporate_risks
_in_a_thirsty_world.pdf


NOAA.  2008.  New Study Shows Extent of Harmful Human Influences on Global Marine Ecosystems (February 14, 2008).  NOAA Web Page.  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  See
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080214_ecosystems.html

NPG.  2009.  Special: Water Under Pressure.  Nature News Web Page.  Nature Publishing Group (NPG), Macmillan Publishers Limited.  See
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/water/index.html

Pacific Institute, Water and Conflict Web Page
http://www.pacinst.org/topics/water_and_sustainability/water_and_conflict/
index.htm


If you are aware of additional water & security resources, please submit the citation information to envsec[at]gmu.edu for inclusion in this list.