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Global Resource Scarcity : Catalyst for Conflict or Cooperation? /
"A common perception of global resource scarcity holds that it is inevitably a catalyst for conflict among nations; yet, paradoxically, incidents of such scarcity underlie some of the most important examples of international cooperation. This volume examines the wider potential for the experien...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Taylor and Francis,
2017.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Global Resource Scarcity
- Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Resource Scarcity Between Conflict and Cooperation
- Why Scarcity and Cooperation?
- Scarcity and Conflict
- Scarcity (And Environmental Degradation) as a Threat to Security
- Scarcity as an Impetus for Peacebuilding
- Alternative Approaches to Understanding Scarcity
- Overview of Chapters
- The Value and Significance of Diverse Views on ScarcityReferences
- Part I Reframing Scarcity and Resource Diplomacy
- 2 Taking the Scare Out of Scarcity: The Case of Water
- Introduction
- The Scare of Scarcity
- The Legacy of the Scarcity Postulate: From Scarcities to Scarcity
- Challenges to the Scarcity Postulate
- Conventional Approaches to Water Scarcity
- The Value of Alternative Perspectives on Water Access and Scarcity
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 3 Cooperation in the Power Sector to Advance Regionalisation Processes and Sustainable Energy FlowsIntroduction
- Case Studies on Cooperation in the Power Sector
- Discussion
- Notes
- References
- Part II Resource Scarcity and Tensions in International Relations
- 4 Phosphorus Security: Future Pathways to Reduce Food System Vulnerability to a New Global Challenge
- Introduction
- Phosphorus and Its Geopolitical Context
- The Dimensions of Phosphorus Scarcity
- A Sustainable Future for Phosphorus Use
- Insights to Phosphorus Scarcity From Other ResourcesReferences
- 5 Peasant Mineral Resource Extractivism and the Idea of Scarcity
- Introduction
- Does Scarcity Push Extractivism?
- Extractive Response of Peasants to Ideas of Scarcity
- How Can the Peasant Mine?
- What is Driving Peasants Into Mining?
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 Whose Scarcity, Whose Security? Multi-Scalar Contestation of Water in the Indus Basin
- Introduction
- Conceptualising Water Scarcity and Water Security in South Asia
- Conceptualising Water Security Within Basins
- Hydropower in the IndusControversies in Indian Controlled Parts of the Indus
- International Contestation of Water and the Discursive Construction of Scarcity
- Environmental Security in the Indus
- Moving Beyond the Current Deadlock in the Indus Basin
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 7 Protecting Our Global Ocean Heritage: Unprecedented Threats Will Require Bold Interventions
- Introduction
- Fisheries: Between Sustainability and Depletion
- Marine Protected Areas (Mpas)
- Climate Change Impacts on the Oceans
- Summary
- References