Environment, scarcity, and violence /
The Earth's human population is expected to pass eight billion by the year 2025, while rapid growth in the global economy will spur ever increasing demands for natural resources. The world will consequently face growing scarcities of such vital renewable resources as cropland, fresh water, and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Princeton, N.J. ; Chichester :
Princeton University Press,
2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Earth's human population is expected to pass eight billion by the year 2025, while rapid growth in the global economy will spur ever increasing demands for natural resources. The world will consequently face growing scarcities of such vital renewable resources as cropland, fresh water, and forests. Thomas Homer-Dixon argues in this sobering book that these environmental scarcities will have profound social consequences--contributing to insurrections, ethnic clashes, urban unrest, and other forms of civil violence, especially in the developing world. Homer-Dixon synthesizes work from a wide. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400822997 1400822998 1282457845 9781282457843 9780691089799 0691089795 |