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Journal of Combat Medicine
2020; 3(2): 48-56
10.30491/JCM.2020.136773

Narrative Review

The Role of Healthcare System in National Security and Sustainable
Development
Part 4: Environmental Security and Health and Its Relationship with
Sustainable National Security

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Seyyed Yahya Safavi , Mohammad Ali Mohageghi

1 Professor in Political Geography, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor, Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Received: 5 September 2020 Accepted: 2 October 2020
Abstract
Background and Aim: In Islamic values, security has a significant impact on the natural and social
environment. Environmental security threats are the unintended results of social and economic activities and are
a slower process compared to military threats. The time horizons needed for political planning to deal with it are
vast. The aim of the current study is to explain the status of environmental security with a national security
approach, and its relationship with health.
Methods: It is a library study done by reviewing scientific documents using study keywords.
Results: At the level of international relations, geopolitics is a method of studying foreign policy to
understand, explain and predict international political behavior through geographical variables. These include area
studies, climate, topography, demography, natural resources, and applied science of the region being evaluated.
From a geopolitical point of view, power relations and biosphere structures are highly intertwined. Environmental
security has been affected by the consequences of climate change in the last two decades. One of the consequences
of climate change on human health and safety is the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, if not prevented,
will spread globally in the near future. Protecting people who are forced to flee their lands and seek environmental
asylum has been the subject of several international instruments, all based on fundamental human rights. Risks to
human health security that are affected by climate change include vulnerability to deadly infectious diseases;
unhealthy food; malnutrition; lack of access to primary health care.
Conclusion: Environmental security is an integral part of national security. Attention to national security
issues in the field of the environment should be health-oriented, forward-looking, value-oriented, based on sound
scientific studies, and comprehensive and strategic planning.

Keywords: Security, Environmental Security, Health, Environment.

* Corresponding Author: Seyyed Yahya Safavi
Address: Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran.
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E-mail: [email protected]

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