Disaster Security
Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks

Inside view of how and why militaries/intelligence agencies plan for environmental disasters, for practitioners, policymakers and scholars.

Chad M. Briggs (Author), Miriam Matejova (Author)

9781108459372, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 March 2019

248 pages, 5 maps
22.8 x 15.1 x 1.2 cm, 0.42 kg

This book is for a broad audience of practitioners, policymakers, scholars, and anyone interested in scenarios, simulations, and disaster planning. Readers are led through several different planning scenarios that have been developed over several years under the auspices of the US Department of Energy, the US Air Force, and continued work at GlobalInt LLC. These scenarios present different security challenges and their potential cascading impacts on global systems - from the melting of glaciers in the Andes, to hurricanes in New York and Hawaii, and on to hybrid disasters, cyberoperations and geoengineering. The book provides a concise and up-to-date overview of the 'lessons learned', with a focus on innovative solutions to the world's pressing energy and environmental security challenges.

1. Towards disaster security
2. Environmental disasters and risk assessment
3. Scenario planning and complex scenario approach
4. From Lima to New York
5. From Pearl Harbor to Pearl Harbor
6. Beyond scenarios: wargames, simulations, and net assessment
7. Hybrid disasters and security
8. Obstacles and opportunities
9. Planning for the uncertain future
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Natural disasters [RNR], Energy [PHDY], International relations [JPS], Social impact of disasters [JFFC], Risk assessment [GPQD]