Environmental Change and Violent Conflict
Publisher: Scientific American
Author(s): Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, Jeffrey H. Boutwell, and George W. Rathjens
Date: 1993
Topics: Conflict Causes, Governance, Land, Renewable Resources
Countries: Bangladesh, China, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Israel, Mali, Mauritania, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal
Growing scarcities of renewable resources can contribute to social instability and civil strife.