New wars and old plagues : armed conflict, environmental change and resurgent malaria in the Southern Caucasus / Katherine Hirschfeld, Kirsten de Beurs, Brad Brayfield, Ani Melkonyan-Gottschalk.
2023
DK509
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New wars and old plagues : armed conflict, environmental change and resurgent malaria in the Southern Caucasus / Katherine Hirschfeld, Kirsten de Beurs, Brad Brayfield, Ani Melkonyan-Gottschalk.
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9783031311437 (electronic bk.)
3031311434 (electronic bk.)
9783031311420
3031311426
3031311434 (electronic bk.)
9783031311420
3031311426
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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
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©2023
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English
Description
1 online resource (xx, 113 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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10.1007/978-3-031-31143-7 doi
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DK509
Dewey Decimal Classification
947.5086
Summary
This Open Access book uses Mary Kaldors concept of New Wars to explore how ethnic conflict reshaped the social and environmental landscape of the Southern Caucuses following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It relies on remote sensing data and qualitative historical research to explore how armed conflict between non-state actors generated the regions largest epidemic of P. vivax malaria since the 1960s. This book is an important addition to the literature on the Karabakh conflict and conflict studies more broadly because the infectious disease outbreaks associated with warfare often kill more people than the armed conflicts themselves. Warfare itself has also changed dramatically since the collapse of the USSR, and the Karabakh conflict provides an excellent case study of the way New Wars transform the natural and social environment to facilitate outbreaks of preventable disease. This extended case study will be useful to researchers from a variety of academic disciplines, including medical anthropology, geography, conflict studies, disease ecology, global health and public health. It also reveals the fragility of twentieth century malaria control in temperate regions and will assist in predictive modeling for future outbreaks.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. History and Ecology of Malaria in the Caucasus
3. The Karabakh Conflict, 1988-1994
4. Rebordering, Forced Migration and Population Health Crises, 1988-1994
5. Long-Term Conflict and Environmental Change
6. Conclusions.
2. History and Ecology of Malaria in the Caucasus
3. The Karabakh Conflict, 1988-1994
4. Rebordering, Forced Migration and Population Health Crises, 1988-1994
5. Long-Term Conflict and Environmental Change
6. Conclusions.