Ecoviolence

Links Among Environment, Population and Security

• Author(s): Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, Jessica Blitt,
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Pages: 238
• ISBN_10: 0847688704
  ISBN_13: 9780847688708
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection , Nature / Natural Resources , Political Science / International Relations / General , Science / Environmental Science , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries ,

Description:... 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. Visit our website for sample chapters!