ISBN:
9780691089799
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9781400822997 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
272 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781400822997
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
303.6
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 fr...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
