Unstable ground : climate change, conflict, and genocide

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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781442265684
ISBN: 144226568X
ISBN: 9781442265691
ISBN: 1442265698
Physical Description: print
regular print
x, 212 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

Content descriptions

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.