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Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
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Description for Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
Paperback. Argues that the environmental scarcities will have profound social consequences - contributing to insurrections, ethnic clashes, urban unrest, and other forms of civil violence. This book develops a model of the sources of environmental scarcity. It shows that scarcities stem from the degradation and depletion of renewable resources. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 line illus., 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFR; JPA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
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 wide range of international research projects to develop a detailed model of the sources of ... Read more
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 wide range of international research projects to develop a detailed model of the sources of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691089799
SKU
V9780691089799
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About Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
Thomas F. Homer-Dixon is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Environmental Scarcity and Global Secunty and The Ingenuity Gop.
Reviews for Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
Winner of the 2000 Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize, American Political Science Association "[The book's] assertion that violence and the environment may be linked, and its conclusion that most big developing countries appear to be hurtling toward more internal conflict, are too important and intriguing to be left to an academic audience."
John Stackhouse, Toronto Globe and Mail "This volume is for ... Read more
John Stackhouse, Toronto Globe and Mail "This volume is for ... Read more