Ecoviolence : links among environment, population, and security /

Ecoviolence : links among environment, population, and security /

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Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c1998.
Description:	vi, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Environmental sciences -- Social aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies. Renewal natural resources -- Social aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies. Human ecology -- Developing countries -- Case studies. Ecology. Environmental sciences -- Social aspects. Human ecology. Developing countries -- Environmental conditions -- Case studies. Developing countries. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3430770

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Other authors / contributors:	Homer-Dixon, Thomas F. Blitt, Jessica, 1974-
ISBN:	0847688690 (cloth : alk. paper) 0847688704 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	Ecoviolence explores links between environmental scarcities of key renewable resources--such as cropland, fresh water, and forests--and violent rebellions, insurgencies, and ethnic clashes in developing countries. Detailed contemporary studies of civil violence in Chiapas, Gaza, South Africa, Pakistan, and Rwanda show how environmental scarcity has played a limited to significant role in causing social instability in each of these contexts. Drawing upon theory and key findings from the case studies, the authors suggest that environmental scarcity will worsen in many poor countries in coming decades and will become an increasingly important cause of major civil violence.
Physical Description:	vi, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0847688690 0847688704