Keywords:
Raw materials - Political aspects.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The nexus approach, conceptualized as attention to resource connections and their governance ramifications, calls attention to the sustainability of contemporary consumer resource use, lifestyles and supply chains. This book sets out an analytical framework for understanding these nexus issues and the related governance challenges and opportunities.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781317665861
Series Statement:
Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1843539
DDC:
333.7
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- PART 1 Struggling in the global resource nexus -- 1 Introduction: resource struggles and hard choices -- 2 Understanding the resource nexus -- PART 2 The three realms of the nexus -- 3 Managing markets under stress -- 4 Strategic interests and interstate conflicts -- 5 Rethinking human security: the nexus on the ground -- PART 3 Cases and controversies -- 6 Shale gas in the United States: games unchanged? -- 7 Climate change and security: follow the money and the plans -- 8 Gated globalism: migration and borders -- 9 Resource scarcity, political outbidding and potential for conflict in the Nile River Basin -- 10 Nitrogen fertilizer and food in the nexus -- 11 Lifestyle changes and resource efficiency: opportunities to bend the curves? -- PART 4 Conclusions -- 12 Facing up to the nexus challenge: avoiding waste, want and war -- References -- Index.
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