ISBN:
9780691089799
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (272 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
DDC:
303.6
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The Earth's human population is expected to pass eight billion by the year 2025, while rapid growth in the global economy will spur ever increasing demands for natural resources. The world will consequently face growing scarcities of such vital renewable resources as cropland, fresh water, and forests. Thomas Homer-Dixon argues in this sobering book that these environmental scarcities will have profound social consequences--contributing to insurrections, ethnic clashes, urban unrest, and other forms of civil violence, especially in the developing world. Homer-Dixon synthesizes work from a wi
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Aim and Structure of the Book; Key Research Concepts, Methods, and Goals; 2. Overview; The Critical Role of Environmental Resources; Sources of Environmental Scarcity; The Importance of Context; Pivotal Countries; Ingenuity and Adaptation; 3. Two Centuries of Debate; Neo-Malthusians versus Economic Optimists; The Distributionist Alternative; Thresholds, Interdependence, and Interactivity; Social Friction and Adaptive Failure; Appendix: How to Read a Systems Diagram; 4. Environmental Scarcity
Description / Table of Contents:
Three Sources of ScarcityFactors Producing Scarcity; The Physical Trends of Global Change; 5. Interactions and Social Effects; Interactions; Social Effects; Appendix: The Causal Role of Environmental Scarcity; 6. Ingenuity and Adaptation; The Nature and Role of Ingenuity; Some Factors Increasing the Requirement for Ingenuity; Some Factors Limiting the Supply of Ingenuity; Conclusions; Appendix: Can Poor Countries Attain Endogenous Growth?; 7. Violence; Types of Violent Conflict; Four Further Cases; Urban Growth and Violence; Implications for International Security
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix: Hypothesis Testing and Case Selection8. Conclusions; Notes; General Readings on Environmental Security; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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