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Crime, Violence, and Global Warming.
Crime, Violence, and Global Warming introduces the many connections between climate change and criminal activity. Conflict over natural resources can escalate to state and non-state actors, resulting in wars, asymmetrical warfare, and terrorism. Crank and Jacoby apply criminological theory to each a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Florence :
Taylor and Francis,
2015.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Prologue: Welcome to the Apocalypse; Section I Global Warming; Chapter 1 The Challenges of Global Warming Research; Is Global Warming Research Concocted by a Bunch of Academic Anti-American Radicals? The Use and Misuse of Science in Climate Study and Forecasting; Building a Link Between Climate and Crime; Endnotes; Chapter 2 What Is Global Warming?; The Ordinariness of Global Temperature Changes; How Do Greenhouse Gases Heat the Planet?; What Are the Anthropogenic Sources of Greenhouse Gases?
- Global Warming and the Problem of FeedbacksSecondary Feedbacks; How Long Will Global Warming Last?; Tipping Points; Climate Sensitivity; What Is the Basic Evidence for Warming?; How Hot Will It Get?; Summary; Endnotes; Chapter 3 Climate Change Denial; The Consensus of Scientific Work on Climate Change; Citizen Views of Climate Change; The Global Warming Denialist Movement as Political Economy; Factors Affecting Climate Change Policy; Carbon Producers and Emissions; From Production to Denial: The Climate Change Denialist Movement; A Wake-Up Call: Corporate Recognition of Climate Risk.
- Conclusion: Laissez-Fair Capitalism, Risk, and Metabolic RiftEndnotes; Section II Climate Change and the Rending of the Social Fabric; Chapter 4 Modeling the Relationship Between Global Warming, Violence, and Crime; Model One: Environmental Scarcity and Violence; The Twin Dilemmas of Resource Scarcity; Model Two: Agnew and Dire Forecast; Lower Social Control and Increased Social Disorganization; Opportunities for Crime; Routine Activities and Climate Change; Endnotes; Chapter 5 Consequences of Global Warming; Diseases and Health Costs.
- Pathogens and Diseases in Contemporary Life: The Third WavePathogens; Disease and State Security: The Challenge of an Invisible Enemy; Endnotes; Chapter 6 The Problems of Water; Water: The Fist of Climate Change; Big Water and Big Winds; Sea-Rise and Coastal Flooding; Freshwater Availability, Droughts, and Water Shortage; Water Shortages; Conclusion: How Much Fresh Water Is Left?; Endnotes; Section III Migration Futures and Megacities: A Collision Course With Global Warming; Chapter 7 Refugee Migration and Settlement Amid Climate Change: A Prescription for Violence?
- Contemporary Dimensions of Refugee PopulationsHow Many Refugees Are There?; Climate Refugee: Real or Alarmist?; Refugees, Crime, and Violence; A Cautionary Tale: Refugees and Opportunity; Migration, Organized Crime, and Sex Slavery; Climate and Its Impact on Migration; From Subcontinent to World: Sea-Rise and Migration at +4 Celsius; Refugee Recognition as a UN Mandate; Endnotes; Chapter 8 The Future of Migration: A Planet of Megacities; Where Are People Migrating? The Global Littorals and Megadeltas; Megacities: Hardening or Fragmentation?; Megacities and the Modernity Lag.