| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 335 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Global environmental accord : strategies for sustainability and institutional innovation |
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Global environmental accords.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Resource scarcity and environmental degradation : analyzing international conflict and cooperation / Shlomi Dinar -- Climate change, cooperation, and resource scarcity / Robert Mendelsohn -- Ozone depletion : international cooperation over a degraded resource / Elizabeth R. DeSombre -- Biodiversity protection in international negotiations : cooperation and conflict / G. Kristin Rosendal -- Transboundary cooperation to address acid rain : Europe, North America, and East Asia compared / Miranda A. Schreurs -- Conflict and cooperation in the Mediterranean : MAP from 1975 to today / Gabriela Kütting -- Degradation and cooperation on the high seas : the case of international fisheries management / J. Samuel Barkin -- Conflict and cooperation along international rivers : scarcity, bargaining strategies, and negotiation / Shlomi Dinar -- Is oil worth fighting for? Evidence from three cases / Christopher J. Fettweis -- Responses to alternative forms of mineral scarcity : conflict and cooperation / Deborah J. Shields and Slavko V. Šolar -- Resource scarcity and environmental degradation : implications for the development of international cooperation / Shlomi Dinar. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Common wisdom holds that the Earth's dwindling natural resources and increasing environmental degradation will inevitably lead to inter-state conflict, and possibly even set off 'resource wars'. This book offers a different perspective on the links between environmental problems and inter-state conflict. |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- International cooperation.
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Environmental management -- International cooperation.
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Environmental protection -- International cooperation.
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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Environmental management -- International cooperation.
(OCoLC)fst00913197
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Environmental policy -- International cooperation.
(OCoLC)fst00913284
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Environmental protection -- International cooperation.
(OCoLC)fst00913367
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| Added Author |
Dinar, Shlomi, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beyond resource wars. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262014977 (DLC) 2010017735 (OCoLC)610019845 |
| ISBN |
9780262295505 (electronic bk.) |
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0262295504 (electronic bk.) |
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