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Overview
Ecoviolence explores links between environmental scarcities of key renewable resources_such as cropland, fresh water, and forests_and violent rebellions, insurgencies, and ethnic clashes in developing countries. Detailed contemporary studies of civil violence in Chiapas, Gaza, South Africa, Pakistan, and Rwanda show how environmental scarcity has played a limited to significant role in causing social instability in each of these contexts. Drawing upon theory and key findings from the case studies, the authors suggest that environmental scarcity will worsen in many poor countries in coming decades and will become an increasingly important cause of major civil violence.
Synopsis
Ecoviolence explores links between environmental scarcities of key renewable resources-such as cropland, fresh water, and forests-and violent rebellions, insurgencies, and ethnic clashes in developing countries. Detailed contemporary studies of civil violence in Chiapas, Gaza, South Africa, Pakistan, and Rwanda show how environmental scarcity has played a limited to significant role in causing social instability in each of these contexts.
Marvin S. Soroos
These days speculation is rampant about whether environmental stresses and scarcities are factors contributing to violent conflict within societies. This volume-based on carefully structured case studies from five very different countries-offers a valuable reality check. "Ecoviolence" effectively demonstrates that the causal relationships between the environment and societal unrest are considerably more complex than is widely presumed.
Editorials
American Society Of International Law
This is a fascinating and well-written analysis which is "must" reading for any course or other serious analysis of the interplay between the environment and popular uprisings in response to its continuing degradation.Geographical Journal
Both the introduction and the case studies are illuminating and can be recommended as baskgrounds to investigations of environmental security.Population and Development Review
In bringing together these separately published studies, the editors have provided a readable summary of the research projects.— John I. Clarke, University of Durham, UK