Unstable Ground - Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide

Informationen zum Autor By Alex Alvarez Klappentext Unstable Ground looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke some of the most troubling crimes against humanity-ethnic conflict, war, and genocide. The author examines the ways in which resources and global migration patterns will be impacted by climate change and create conditions conducive to violent conflict. Zusammenfassung Unstable Ground looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke some of the most troubling crimes against humanity—ethnic conflict, war, and genocide. The author examines the ways in which resources and global migration patterns will be impacted by climate change and create conditions conducive to violent conflict. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Making Sense of Climate ChangeChapter 2: On the Origins of Violent Conflict: War and the Genocidal ImpulseChapter 3: Linking Climate Change and ConflictChapter 4: Water, Violent Conflict, and GenocideChapter 5: Forced Displacement and Borders in a Warming WorldChapter 6: Preventing Conflict and Building Resilience

Product details

• Authors: Alex Alvarez, Alvarez Alex
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2017
• EAN: 9781442265684
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6568-4
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human Rights; Studies in Genocide: Religion,; Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human Rights
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, Conservation of the environment, Social impact of environmental issues, Aid & relief programmes, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Social impact of disasters, Central / national / federal government policies, Environmental policy & protocols, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Central government policies, Environmental policy and protocols, Aid and relief programmes, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), climate change;genocide