ISBN:
1568586000
,
9781568586007
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 295 p.
,
maps
,
24 cm
DDC:
304.2/5
Keywords:
Climatic changes Political aspects
;
Geopolitics Environmental aspects
;
Violence Environmental aspects
;
Political violence Environmental aspects
;
Afrika
;
Asien
;
Lateinamerika
;
Klimaänderung
;
Bewaffneter Konflikt
;
Geopolitik
;
Globalisierung
;
Risikogesellschaft
Description / Table of Contents:
Pt. 1. Last call for illusion -- Who killed Ekaru Loraman? -- Military soothsayers -- War for a small planet : adaptation as counterinsurgency -- Pt. II. Africa -- Geopolitics of a cattle raid -- Monsoons and tipping points -- The rise and fall of East African states -- Somali apocalypse -- Theorizing failed states -- Pt. III. Asia -- Drugs, drought and Jihad : environmental history of the Afghanistan War -- Kyrgyzstan's little climate war -- India and Pakistan : glaciers, rivers, and unfinished business -- India's drought rebels -- Pt. IV. Latin America -- Rio's agony : from extreme weather to "planet of slums" -- Golgotha mexicana : climate refugees, free trade, and the war next door -- American walls and demagogues -- Implications and possibilities.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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