Environment, Scarcity, and Violence.
Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
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Environment, Scarcity, and Violence. Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
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Thomas Homer-Dixon, Environment, Scarcity, and Violence. Does environmental scarcity cause violent conflict? Generally speaking, recent discussions of environmental security hold that human induced environmental degradation and scarcity pose fundamental physical threats.[4]. His best-selling book The Ingenuity Gap won the 2001 Governor General's Non-Fiction award and his other work Environment, Scarcity and Violence won the Caldwell Prize of the American Political Science Association. Pinker tries to argue that environmental destruction and resource scarcity will not bring more violence. Admittedly this is speculative and one last "bump" in major power violence could still end it all. Press, 1999); “Debating Violent Environments,” Woodrow Wilson Institute, Environmental. Burns, Thomas J: Review: Environment, Scarcity and Violence, by TF Homer-Dixon. The inability of African governments to fully adapt to and mitigate environmental degradation (failing states) has resulted in increased violent behavior and instability on the continent. Homer-Dixon is the author of the best-selling and award-winning books The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization; The Ingenuity Gap; and Environment, Scarcity, and Violence. Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of South Africa. Environmental Sustainability and Peace in a Changing World Subsequently, millions will be pushed from subsistence to desperation and heightened competition for scarce resources would create flash points that could trigger violence. Commentators frequently blame Yemen's problems on tribal differences, but environmental scarcity may be underpinning secessionist struggles in the country's south and some general communal violence. Food insecurity reflected in rising food prices and a lack of food aid being More often than not, this requires shifting already scarce resources and money away from humanitarian and environmental projects. National Security, 19 (Summer 1994), 5-40; The Environment, Scarcity and Violence (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Weart, The Discovery of Global Warming.
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