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Beyond Resource Wars: Scarcity, Environmental Degradation, and International Cooperation

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Edited by Shlomi Dinar
2011
Published by: The MIT Press
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An argument that resource scarcity and environmental degradation can provide an impetus for cooperation among countries.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title Page, Copyright

pp. iii-iv

Contents

pp. v-vi

Series Foreword

pp. vii-viii

Preface

pp. ix-x

Contributors

pp. xi-xii

I. Introduction

1. Resource Scarcity and Environmental Degradation

pp. 3-22

II. Scarcity and Degradation of Global Commons

2. Climate Change, Cooperation, and Resource Scarcity

pp. 25-42

3. Ozone Depletion

pp. 43-58

4. Biodiversity Protection in International Negotiations

pp. 59-86

III. Scarcity and Degradation in a Regional Context

5. Transboundary Cooperation to Address Acid Rain

pp. 89-116

6. Conflict and Cooperation in the Mediterranean

pp. 117-138

IV. Scarcity and Degradation of Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

7. Degradation and Cooperation on the High Seas

pp. 141-164

8. Conflict and Cooperation along International Rivers

pp. 165-200

9. Is Oil Worth Fighting For?

pp. 201-238

10. Responses to Alternative Forms of Mineral Scarcity

pp. 239-286

V. Conclusion

11. Resource Scarcity and Environmental Degradation

pp. 289-306

Index

pp. 307-335

Further Reading

pp. 337-338
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