Global Resource Scarcity : Catalyst for Conflict or Cooperation?

A common perception of global resource scarcity holds that it is inevitably a catalyst for conflict among nations; yet, paradoxically, incidents of such scarcity underlie some of the most important examples of international cooperation. This volume examines the wider potential for the experience of...

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Other Authors: Dawson, Marcelle C. (Editor), Rosin, Christopher (Editor), Wald, Nave (Editor)
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Published: 2018
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