BUILDING URBAN SECURITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE CONTEXT

Abstract

Climate change and the degradation of nature are quickly becoming accepted as security challenges that we must address. Both globalization and technological development, complemented by the revolution in military affairs, raised the existing interdependencies and vulnerabilities. Moreover, climate change effects are amplified as urban populations become ever larger.
In this context, the planet is like a “patient” with multiple chronic conditions that needs to be treated both globally and locally. The applied treatment has to be effective, fast and safe to return the patient to a state of homeostasis that will secure our future.
Cities are interconnected complex systems with extensive and unpredictable feedback processes that operate at multiple scales and time frames. At urban level, there is the crucial necessity in anticipating and coping with climate challenges and also with war. Thus, in this paper we will alsoaddress cities as part of the cause and part of the solution for recent security challenges.