Communicating Human Security & Capturing Perspectives

Abstract

The human security index consists of three key components: economic fabric index, environmental fabric index, and social fabric index. These three components include various different indicators like health, education, diversity, peacefulness, governance, food security, environmental vulnerability, protection and sustainability, measures of human, societal, and national progress and GDP, equality in income distribution and financial-economic governance. Although the Human Security Index provides a quantifiable method to rank and categorize countries based on these indicators, it is understood that an individual’s own notion and perception of security varies with changes in human perspectives and experiences. Therefore, to understand human security and what it means to different individuals and communities, varied approaches focused on subjective individual experiences at the micro level are always essential. For human security to become a comprehensive planning framework, it requires the integration of diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking about human security.

Keywords

• peace and security
• law and governance
• new economics
• sustainable development
• education
• knowledge; science and values