A Transdisciplinary-Based Coupled Approach for Vulnerability Assessment in the Context of Natural Resource-Based Conflicts Using Remote Sensing, Spatial Statistics and Fuzzy Logic Adapted Model
Publisher: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Author(s): Lawrence Monday Ibeh
Date: 2019
Topics: Assessment, Cooperation, Data and Technologies, Extractive Resources
Countries: Nigeria
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stated that across the globe, at least 40% of all conflicts in the last 60 years are linked to natural resources, due to the extraction of high-value resources and competition over renewable resources. Globally there is a dramatic increase in NRBCs since the 1990s, while the non--NRBCs and international power related conflicts have decreased during this period. With a recent report showing that Sub-Saharan African countries were the region most affected by highly violent conflicts relating to natural resources HIIK (2018), an analysis of NRBCs with case studies in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, therefore, gives insights on a conflict-ridden and unstable natural resource-endowed region of our globe.