Includes bibliographical references

Human Security / Jeremiah O. Asaka -- Securitization Versus Human Security : An Ontological Argument / Francis Onditi -- Interrogating the Role of Human Security and Human Development in Transforming Refugees Livelihoods in Kenya and Uganda / Dennis Jjuuko -- Elusive Peace and Conflict Resolution in South Sudan : A Human Security Alternative Approach / Israel Nyaburi Nyadera and Billy Agwanda -- Conflicting Identities and Insecurities? Uncertainties About Land Rights in Tanzania and Ethiopia / Francis Semwaza -- Economic Perspectives to Human Security in Rwanda / Alfred Bizoza -- Human Security Implications of Aflatoxins in East Africa / Ruth Wangia Dixon and Jeremiah O. Asaka -- The Governance Dimensions of Environment-Security Nexus in 21st Century East Africa : A Review / Mumo Nzau -- Impact of Climate Resilient Rural Road Transport on Human Security in Kenya / Evaristus M. Irandu -- Climate Change, Food Security and the Challenge of Sustainable Development in East Africa / Alice A. Oluoko-Odingo -- Housing and Human Security in Kampala, Uganda / Assumpta Nagenda-Musana and Doreen Kyosimire -- Exploring the Urbanization-Migration Nexus in Nairobi City, Kenya : A Human Security Analysis / Elias Ayiemba

"This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies. Human security takes a people-centered rather than state-centered approach to security issues, focusing on whether people feel safe, free from fear, want and indignity. This book investigates human security in East Africa, encompassing issues as diverse as migration, housing, climate change, displacement, food security, aflatoxins, land rights, and peace and conflict resolution. In particular, the book showcases innovative original research from African scholars based on the continent and abroad, and together the contributors provide policy recommendations and set forth a human security research agenda for East Africa, which encompasses Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. As well as being useful for policy makers and practitioners, this book will interest researchers across African Studies, Security Studies, Environmental Studies, Political Science, Global Governance, International Relations, and Human Geography"-- Provided by publisher.