Global Resources and International Conflict: Environmental Factors in Strategic Policy and ActionThis volume examines the extent to which global deficiencies and degradation of natural resources, coupled with their uneven distribution, can lead to unlikely alliances, national rivalries, and even war. The study evaluates the influence of such factors as geographical distribution, availability, scarcity, and depletion of the world's natural resources--including oil, natural gas, minerals, fresh water, ocean fisheries, and food crops--on strategic and military policy-making. Westing also studies the effect of differential population growth on the actual and perceived availability of resources and presents an expanded, environmentally based view of international security. |
Contents
past and | 21 |
Oil and natural gas as factors in strategic policy and | 38 |
Helge | 55 |
Peter | 143 |
Human population as a factor in strategic policy and | 159 |
Arthur | 183 |
Antarctic Treaty of 1959 | 217 |
Law of the Sea Convention of 1982 | 233 |
Moon Agreement of 1979 | 261 |
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370 kilometre Agreement agricultural Antarctica appendix Article Bangladesh catch celestial bodies cent chapter China chromium co-operation coastal cobalt concerned conflict conservation consumption Contracting Parties Convention court or tribunal demand demographic Depositary developing countries developing nations dispute distant-water domestic energy entry into force Environment Programme environmental established exclusive economic zone exploitation exports factors fishery fishing foreign France global Government harvest high seas important including the moon increase industry interests international law international river Japan Jordan River jurisdiction land living resources London Middle East military million tonnes natural gas natural resources Nigeria Norway ocean oil deposits OPEC outer space peaceful political population growth potential present Treaty problems production relations river basin scientific shared SIPRI South Africa Spitsbergen square kilometres subregion or region Sudan supply territorial tion trade UNEP UNGA United Kingdom United Nations uranium USSR vessels Washington Western World Water York