ABSTRACT
The past two decades have witnessed the emergence of a large body of research examining the linkage between environmental scarcity, violent conflict, and cooperation. However, this environmental security polemic is still trying to deliver a well-defined approach to achieving peace. Studies are being undertaken to find the precise pathways by which cooperative actions are expected not only to pre-empt or moderate resource conflicts but also to help diffuse cooperative behaviour to other disputed issues. The recognition that environmental resources can contribute to violent conflict accentuates their potential significance as pathways for cooperation and the consolidation of peace in post-conflict societies.
Conceived as a single and reliable reference source which will be a vital resource for students, researchers, and policy makers alike, the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding presents a wide range of chapters written by key thinkers in the field, organised into four key parts:
- Part I: Review of the concept and theories;
- Part II: Review of thematic approaches (resources, scarcity, intervention, adaptation, and peacebuilding);
- Part III: Case studies (Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Liberia, Nepal, Colombia, Philippines);
- Part IV: Analytical challenges and future-oriented perspectives.
Enabling the reader to find a concise expert review on topics that are most likely to arise in the course of conducting research or policy making, this volume presents a truly global overview of the key issues and debates in environmental conflict and peacebuilding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|68 pages
Review of the concept and theories
part II|90 pages
Review of thematic approaches
chapter 7|12 pages
Post-war environmental peacebuilding
chapter 11|30 pages
Revisiting securitization
part III|92 pages
Case studies
chapter 13|22 pages
Environmental peacebuilding in Iraq
chapter 14|9 pages
Are there limits to environmental peacebuilding?
chapter 16|14 pages
Environmental peacebuilding in Nepal
part IV|64 pages
Analytical challenges and future-oriented perspectives