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Environment, Scarcity & Violence: Conflict & Resources Homer‑Dixon 2001 PB
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Inscribed
- No
- Literary Movement
- Environmental Nonfiction; Academic Nonfiction
- Signed
- No
- Illustrator
- n/a
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Personalized
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Genre
- Environmental Science; Social Sciences; Science; Political Scienc
- Features
- Paperback; Illustrated Edition
- Signed By
- N/A
- Book Title
- Environment, Scarcity, and Violence.
- Era
- 2000s; Early 21st Century; Late 20th Century Foundations; Contemp
- Book Series
- N/A
- Topic
- Environmental Studies; Environmental Science; Social Sciences; Re
- Personalize
- No
- Vintage
- Yes
- Edition
- 1999
- ISBN
- 9780691089799
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691089795
ISBN-13
9780691089799
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2479642
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
Subject
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Developing & Emerging Countries, Sociology / General, International Relations / General, Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"This volume is for anyone with professional or deep personal interests in the relationships of natural resource management to economic development and human societies." --Joseph P. Dudley, The Quarterly Review of Biology, "Thomas Homer-Dixon . . . has conducted extensive research on the links between environmental stress and violence in developing countries. . . . The book addresses the fact that environmental scarcity is not in itself a necessary or sufficient cause of conflict. Homer-Dixon evaluates why some societies are able to adapt well to environmental scarcity while others are not." --Nikola Smith, Journal of International Affairs, [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 anyone with professional or deep personal interests in the relationships of natural resource management to economic development and human societies."-- Joseph P. Dudley, The Quarterly Review of Biology, "[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, "[A] comprehensible model linking environmental scarcity and violence."-- Stephen P. Adamian, Boston Book Review, "[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 anyone with professional or deep personal interests in the relationships of natural resource management to economic development and human societies., "Clearly written and forcefully argued, Environment, Scarcity, and Violence is an excellent work." -- Biology Digest, Thomas Homer-Dixon . . . has conducted extensive research on the links between environmental stress and violence in developing countries. . . . The book addresses the fact that environmental scarcity is not in itself a necessary or sufficient cause of conflict. Homer-Dixon evaluates why some societies are able to adapt well to environmental scarcity while others are not. -- Nikola Smith, Journal of International Affairs, [A] comprehensible model linking environmental scarcity and violence. -- Stephen P. Adamian, Boston Book Review, Clearly written and forcefully argued, Environment, Scarcity, and Violence is an excellent work. -- Biology Digest, This volume is for anyone with professional or deep personal interests in the relationships of natural resource management to economic development and human societies. -- Joseph P. Dudley, The Quarterly Review of Biology, "Thomas Homer-Dixon . . . has conducted extensive research on the links between environmental stress and violence in developing countries. . . . The book addresses the fact that environmental scarcity is not in itself a necessary or sufficient cause of conflict. Homer-Dixon evaluates why some societies are able to adapt well to environmental scarcity while others are not."-- Nikola Smith, Journal of International Affairs, [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., Clearly written and forcefully argued,Environment, Scarcity, and Violenceis an excellent work. -- Biology Digest, "[A] comprehensible model linking environmental scarcity and violence." --Stephen P. Adamian, Boston Book Review, "Clearly written and forcefully argued, Environment, Scarcity, and Violence is an excellent work."-- Biology Digest, Thomas Homer-Dixon . . . has conducted extensive research on the links between environmental stress and violence in developing countries. . . . The book addresses the fact that environmental scarcity is not in itself a necessary or sufficient cause of conflict. Homer-Dixon evaluates why some societies are able to adapt well to environmental scarcity while others are not.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
303.6
Table Of Content
List of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Acknowledgments xv Abbreviations xvii 1. Introduction 3 Aim and Structure of the Book 6 Key Research Concepts, Methods, and Goals 8 2. Overview 12 The Critical Role of Environmental Resources 13 Sources of Environmental Scarcity 14 The Importance of Context 16 Pivotal Countries 18 Ingenuity and Adaptation 25 3. Two Centuries of Debate 28 Neo-Malthusians versus Economic Optimists 29 The Distributionist Alternative 35 Thresholds, Interdependence, and Interactivity 37 Social Friction and Adaptive Failure 42 Appendix: How to Read a Systems Diagram 45 4. Environmental Scarcity 47 Three Sources of Scarcity 47 Factors Producing Scarcity 49 The Physical Trends of Global Change 52 5. Interactions and Social Effects 73 Interactions 73 Social Effects 80 Appendix: The Causal Role of Environmental Scarcity 104 6. Ingenuity and Adaptation 107 The Nature and Role of Ingenuity 109 Some Factors Increasing the Requirement for Ingenuity 112 Some Factors Limiting the Supply of Ingenuity 114 Conclusions 125 Appendix: Can Poor Countries Attain Endogenous Growth? 127 7. Violence 133 Types of Violent Conflict 136 Four Further Cases 148 Urban Growth and Violence 155 Implications for International Security 166 Appendix: Hypothesis Testing and Case Selection 169 8. Conclusions 177 Notes 183 General Readings on Environmental Security 241 Index 247
Synopsis
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., 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 environmental scarcity. He refers to water shortages in China, population growth in sub-Saharan Africa, and land distribution in Mexico, for example, to show that scarcities stem from the degradation and depletion of renewable resources, the increased demand for these resources, and/or their unequal distribution. He shows that these scarcities can lead to deepened poverty, large-scale migrations, sharpened social cleavages, and weakened institutions. And he describes the kinds of violence that can result from these social effects, arguing that conflicts in Chiapas, Mexico and ongoing turmoil in many African and Asian countries, for instance, are already partly a consequence of scarcity. Homer-Dixon is careful to point out that the effects of environmental scarcity are indirect and act in combination with other social, political, and economic stresses. He also acknowledges that human ingenuity can reduce the likelihood of conflict, particularly in countries with efficient markets, capable states, and an educated populace. But he argues that the violent consequences of scarcity should not be underestimated--especially when about half the world's population depends directly on local renewables for their day-to-day well-being. In the next decades, he writes, growing scarcities will affect billions of people with unprecedented severity and at an unparalleled scale and pace. Clearly written and forcefully argued, this book will become the standard work on the complex relationship between environmental scarcities and human violence., 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. He synthesizes work from a wide range of international research projects to develop a detailed model of the sources of environmental scarcity. Pathbreaking and informative, this book will become the standard work on the complex relationship between environmental scarcities and human violence.
LC Classification Number
HN981.H6 1999
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