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Unstable ground : climate change, conflict, and genocide / by Alex Alvarez.

Alvarez, Alex, author.
2017
304.25 A473u 2017
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Title
Unstable ground : climate change, conflict, and genocide / by Alex Alvarez.
Author
Alvarez, Alex, author.
ISBN
9781442265684 (hardcover)
144226568X (hardcover)
9781442265691
1442265698
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Language
English
Description
x, 212 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number
304.25 A473u 2017
System Control No.
(OCoLC)979732640
(OCoLC)979732640
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
"Looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke genocide, addressing future conflict over resources and global migration challenges"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Climate change and genocide
Making sense of climate change
On the origins of violent conflict : war and the genocidal impulse
Linking climate change and conflict
Water, violent conflict, and genocide
Forced displacement and borders in a warming world
Preventing conflict and building resilience.
Series
Studies in genocide.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Alvarez, Alex. Unstable ground. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017
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