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000746276 1001_ $$aHomer-Dixon, Thomas F.
000746276 24510 $$aEnvironment, scarcity, and violence$$h[electronic resource] /$$cThomas F. Homer-Dixon.
000746276 260__ $$aPrinceton, N.J. :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$cc1999.
000746276 300__ $$a1 oline resource (xvi, 253 p.) :$$bill.
000746276 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000746276 5050_ $$a1. Introduction -- Aim and structure of the book -- Key research concepts, methods, and goals -- 2. Overview -- The critical role of environmental resources -- Sources of environmental scarcity -- The importance of context -- Pivotal countries -- Ingenuity and adaptation -- 3. Two centuries of debate -- Neo-Malthusians versus economic optimists -- The distributionist alternative -- Thresholds, interdependence, and interactivity -- Social friction and adaptive failure -- Appendix. How to read a systems diagram -- 4. Environmental scarcity -- Three sources of scarcity -- Factors producing scarcity -- The physical trends of global change -- 5. Interactions and social effects -- Interactions -- Social effects -- Appendix. The causal role of environmental scarcity -- 6. Ingenuity and adaptation -- The nature and role of ingenuity -- Some factors increasing the requirement for ingenuity -- Some factors limiting the supply of ingenuity -- Conclusions -- Appendix. Can poor countries attain endogenous growth? -- 7. Violence -- Types of violent conflict -- Four further cases -- Urban growth and violence -- Implications for international security -- Appendix. Hypothesis testing and case selection -- 8. Conclusions -- Notes -- General readings on environmental security -- Index.
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000746276 650_0 $$aViolence$$xEnvironmental aspects$$zDeveloping countries.
000746276 650_0 $$aSocial conflict$$zDeveloping countries.
000746276 650_0 $$aEnvironmental degradation$$xSocial aspects$$zDeveloping countries.
000746276 650_0 $$aRenewable natural resources$$zDeveloping countries.
000746276 650_0 $$aScarcity$$xSocial aspects.
000746276 651_0 $$aDeveloping countries$$xEnvironmental conditions.
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