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Author Homer-Dixon, Thomas F.

Title Environment, scarcity, and violence / Thomas F. Homer-Dixon.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1999]
©1999
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  303.6 H766E    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- Aim and structure of the book -- Key research concepts, methods, and goals -- 2. Overview -- The critical role of environmental resources -- Sources of environmental scarcity -- The importance of context -- Pivotal countries -- Ingenuity and adaptation -- 3. Two centuries of debate -- Neo-Malthusians versus economic optimists -- The distributionist alternative -- Thresholds, interdependence, and interactivity -- Social friction and adaptive failure -- Appendix. How to read a systems diagram -- 4. Environmental scarcity -- Three sources of scarcity -- Factors producing scarcity -- The physical trends of global change -- 5. Interactions and social effects -- Interactions -- Social effects -- Appendix. The causal role of environmental scarcity -- 6. Ingenuity and adaptation -- The nature and role of ingenuity -- Some factors increasing the requirement for ingenuity -- Some factors limiting the supply of ingenuity -- Conclusions -- Appendix. Can poor countries attain endogenous growth? -- 7. Violence -- Types of violent conflict -- Four further cases -- Urban growth and violence -- Implications for international security -- Appendix. Hypothesis testing and case selection -- 8. Conclusions -- Notes -- General readings on environmental security -- Index.
Subject Violence -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries.
Social conflict -- Developing countries.
Environmental degradation -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
Renewable natural resources -- Developing countries.
Scarcity -- Social aspects.
Developing countries -- Environmental conditions.
ISBN 0691027943 cloth alkaline paper
9780691027944 cloth alkaline paper
0691089795
9780691089799
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