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Title Beyond resource wars : scarcity, environmental degradation, and international cooperation / edited by Shlomi Dinar
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 335 pages) : illustrations
Series Global environmental accord : strategies for sustainability and institutional innovation
Global environmental accords.
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
Summary 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 inter-state conflict
Analysis ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
Form Electronic book
Author Dinar, Shlomi, editor.
ISBN 9780262295505
0262295504
0262014971
9780262014977