Description
Conflict and environmental challenges are on the rise globally. Conflict always impacts the environment, just as the environment always shapes conflict. It is tricky to understand where, how, and why they interact, and what the implications are. This book delivers a simple but robust framework to help address these complex issues. It integrates social and environmental science, policy, and management, offering an interdisciplinary approach and toolkit to assess these issues. The chapters include a range of historical and contemporary examples to contextualize and ground the framework, covering innovative ways in which people and institutions are working on these challenges in pursuit of a flourishing human society and environment. This book will be useful for researchers, students, and anyone interested in environmental policy, international relations, and conflict and peace studies. It is designed for everyone, from experts in the field to everyday citizens about to cast a vote.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Foreword; Prologue; 1. The Environs of Conflict; 2. The Environment as Trigger; 3. The Environment as Neglected; 4. The Environment as Degraded; 5. The Environment as Control; 6. The Environment as a Vector of Violence; 7. Environmental Peacebuilding: Evidence and Possibilities; 8. Pathways and Implications Forward; References; Index.
