Ecoviolence Links Among Environment, Population, and Security

by Homer-Dixon, Thomas; Blitt, Jessica; Gizewski, Peter; Howard, Philip; Kelly, Kimberly; Percival, Valerie

• ISBN13: 9780847688708
• ISBN10: 0847688704
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Ecoviolence explores links between environmental scarcities of key renewable resources_such as cropland, fresh water, and forests_and violent rebellions, insurgencies, and ethnic clashes in developing countries. Detailed contemporary studies of civil violence in Chiapas, Gaza, South Africa, Pakistan, and Rwanda show how environmental scarcity has played a limited to significant role in causing social instability in each of these contexts. Drawing upon theory and key findings from the case studies, the authors suggest that environmental scarcity will worsen in many poor countries in coming decades and will become an increasingly important cause of major civil violence.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Theoretical Overview	p. 1
The Case Of Chiapas, Mexico	p. 19
The Case Of Gaza	p. 67
The Case Of South Africa	p. 109
The Case Of Pakistan	p. 147
The Case Of Rwanda	p. 201
Key Findings	p. 223
Index	p. 229
About the Contributors	p. 237
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