Beyond resource wars : scarcity, environmental degradation, and international cooperation

Beyond resource wars : scarcity, environmental degradation, and international cooperation / edited by Shlomi Dinar.

Common wisdom holds that the Earth's dwindling natural resources and increasing environmental degradation will inevitably lead to inter-state conflict, and possibly even set off 'resource wars'. This book offers a different perspective on the links between environmental problems and i...

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Other Authors: Dinar, Shlomi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Series:Global environmental accords.
Subjects:
Environmental policy > International cooperation.
Environmental management > International cooperation.
Environmental protection > International cooperation.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Environmental management > International cooperation
Environmental policy > International cooperation
Environmental protection > International cooperation
Internationale Kooperation
Internationale Rohstoffpolitik
Umweltpolitik
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Table of Contents:
  • Resource scarcity and environmental degradation : analyzing international conflict and cooperation / Shlomi Dinar
  • Climate change, cooperation, and resource scarcity / Robert Mendelsohn
  • Ozone depletion : international cooperation over a degraded resource / Elizabeth R. DeSombre
  • Biodiversity protection in international negotiations : cooperation and conflict / G. Kristin Rosendal
  • Transboundary cooperation to address acid rain : Europe, North America, and East Asia compared / Miranda A. Schreurs
  • Conflict and cooperation in the Mediterranean : MAP from 1975 to today / Gabriela Kütting
  • Degradation and cooperation on the high seas : the case of international fisheries management / J. Samuel Barkin
  • Conflict and cooperation along international rivers : scarcity, bargaining strategies, and negotiation / Shlomi Dinar
  • Is oil worth fighting for? Evidence from three cases / Christopher J. Fettweis
  • Responses to alternative forms of mineral scarcity : conflict and cooperation / Deborah J. Shields and Slavko V. Šolar
  • Resource scarcity and environmental degradation : implications for the development of international cooperation / Shlomi Dinar.

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