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Download or read book Environmental Conflict written by Paul Diehl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As environmental security gains increasing attention, there is a pressing need for rigorous examinations of environmental causes of conflict and the potential for conflict resolution. Environmental Conflict explores the role of environmental degradation or scarcity in intrastate or interstate violent conflict and how cooperative efforts might forestall such undesirable consequences. By presenting cutting-edge conceptual and empirical research examining how environmental factors may influence group and state decisions to employ violence, this book enhances understanding of the possibilities for future conflict and how to prevent it.