Environment, Scarcity, and Violence

Name: Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
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ISBN: 9780691089799

ISBN-10: 0691089795

ISBN-13: 9780691089799

Edition: 1999

Authors: Thomas F. Homer-Dixon

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The Earth's population is expected to pass eight billion by 2025 while rapid growth in the global economy will spur increasing demand for natural resources. The author argues environmental scarcities will have a profound social consequences.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/22/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.49" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations



Introduction


Aim and Structure of the Book


Key Research Concepts, Methods, and Goals



Overview


The Critical Role of Environmental Resources


Sources of Environmental Scarcity


The Importance of Context


Pivotal Countries


Ingenuity and Adaptation



Two Centuries of Debate


Neo-Malthusians versus Economic Optimists


The Distributionist Alternative


Thresholds, Interdependence, and Interactivity


Social Friction and Adaptive Failure



How to Read a Systems Diagram



Environmental Scarcity


Three Sources of Scarcity


Factors Producing Scarcity


The Physical Trends of Global Change



Interactions and Social Effects


Interactions


Social Effects



The Causal Role of Environmental Scarcity



Ingenuity and Adaptation


The Nature and Role of Ingenuity


Some Factors Increasing the Requriement for Ingenuity


Some Factors Limiting the Supply of Ingenuity


Conclusions



Can Poor Countries Attain Endogenous Growth?



Violence


Types of Violent Conflict


Four Further Cases


Urban Growth and Violence


Implications for International Security



Hypothesis Testing and Case Selection



Conclusions


Notes


General Readings on Environmental Security


Index