Oil Environment And Insecurity
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Oil Environment And Insecurity
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Author : Jude Nonso Udengwu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Oil Environment And Insecurity written by Jude Nonso Udengwu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Insurgency categories.
"Oil provides huge economic benefits to oil companies and oil-producing countries; however, oil production can have multiple adverse effects on the environment which in turn can affect people's lives. This problem appears to be most severe in oil-producing developing countries. In Nigeria, oil production has resulted in serious environmental damage and violent conflicts (which I refer to as "environmental insecurity"). Why? In this research, I investigated the causal link between oil production and environmental insecurity in the Niger Delta using Thomas Homer-Dixon's well-known environmental security model. Data for use with the model derives from textual material and interviews. My findings and synthesis of results from the literature show that adverse environmental impacts, together with regulatory failure by the Nigerian government and exploitative practices by oil companies, led to a decrease in the supply of natural resources in the region (land, crops, forests, freshwater, fishing waters and fish), which in turn led to constrained economic productivity that, in some instances, precipitated violent conflict in the Niger Delta. Corruption and lack of enforcement were predominant factors explaining the failure of intervention measures designed to prevent violent conflict."--Leaf ii
Threats Without Enemies
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Author : Gwyn Prins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Threats Without Enemies written by Gwyn Prins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Business & Economics categories.
The world is moving into a new era which will be dominated by a new range of threats and a new range of priorities. Already headlines tell of storms and droughts, mass emigrations, the danger of old Soviet nuclear reactors and the thinning ozone layer, and with the menaces of global warming, deforestation, pollution and loss of biodiversity, the picture is likely to get bleaker. Unlike traditional threats, these are not made deliberately and standard military responses are usually inappropriate They are threats without enemies and they present quite new and fundamental challenges to the international community which has to find new methods and institutions, as well as the resolve, to tackle them. In this book, eminent experts describe the new threats and the scale of the dangers which they present and set out the political, military and institutional changes needed. Gwyn Prins is Director of the Global Security Programme at the University of Cambridge. He is author of Top guns and Toxic Whales, also published by Earthscan. Progress For A Small Planet Three topics dominate discussions of the global environment: pollution; the consequences of the affluent running ever faster through finite resources; and the growing tensions between rich and poor as a third of humanity continues to live and die in desperate poverty. In this exceptional book Barbara Ward (co-author with Rene Dubos of the bestselling Only One Earth) refused to see these processes as inevitable. It describes new technologies for recycling waste, for energy, for 'getting more for less' ,linking them to ordinary people's working lives. It also suggests a strategy for meeting the basic needs of the disadvantaged, and shows how the vast inequalities between countries can be reduced. This perceptive survey of policies outlines a planetary bargain between the world's nations that would guarantee individual freedom from poverty and keep our shared biosphere in good working order. Originally published in 1993
Soil Not Oil
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Author : Vandana Shiva
language : en
Publisher:
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Soil Not Oil written by Vandana Shiva and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Food supply categories.
Soil Not Oil
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Author : Vandana Shiva
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-15
Soil Not Oil written by Vandana Shiva and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-15 with Political Science categories.
'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists.' The Guardian This book is classic of the environmental movement. In it, Vandana Shiva envisions a world beyond our current dependence on fossil fuels and globalization, and makes the compelling case that food crises, oil dependency and climate change are all inherently interlinked. Any attempt to solve one without addressing the others is therefore doomed to failure. Condemning industrial agriculture and biofuels as recipes for ecological and economic disaster, Shiva instead champions small independent farmers. What is needed most, in a time of hunger and changing climates, are sustainable, biologically diverse farms that are better able to resist disease, drought and flooding. Calling for a return to local economies and small-scale agriculture, Shiva argues that humanity's choice is a stark one: we can either continue to pursue a market-centred approach, which will ultimately make our planet unliveable, or we can instead strive for a people-centred, oil-free future, one which offers a decent living for all. This edition features a new introduction by the author, in which she outlines recent developments in ecology and environmentalism, and offers new prescriptions for the environmental movement.
Oil Environment And Resource Conflicts In Nigeria
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Author : Augustine Ovuoronye Ikelegbe
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2013
Oil Environment And Resource Conflicts In Nigeria written by Augustine Ovuoronye Ikelegbe and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.
This book presents a critical analysis of how oil and gas exploitation - with huge negative impacts on environment, development, and human security - has constructed a disturbing terrain of civil agitation, state repression, violent conflicts, and insecurity within Nigeria. Drawing on the nature and content of public policy and corporate social responsibility practices, the book interrogates the conflicts' communal and regional dimensions in terms of causality, dynamics, and interventions. In presenting strategies and mechanisms for resolving the diverse dimensions of the resource conflicts, it charts the way towards sustainable development and conflict transformation - two issues which would remain germane to the resource conflict resolution discourse in the specific case of the Niger Delta and beyond. (Series: Politics and Economics in Africa - Vol. 7)
Climate Change And Energy Insecurity
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Author : Felix Dodds
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-12
Climate Change And Energy Insecurity written by Felix Dodds and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12 with Law categories.
Climate change is now recognised as one of the greatest challenges facing the international community and when coupled with energy production and use - the most significant contributor to climate change - and the related security problems the double threat to international security and human development is of the highest order. This wide-ranging book brings together leading thinkers from academia, government and civil society to examine and address the global insecurity and development challenges arising from the twin thrust of climate change and the energy supply crunch. Part one considers energy. It analyses the challenges of meeting future energy demands and the ongoing and future security-related conflicts over energy. Coverage includes security and development concerns related to the oil and gas, nuclear, bio-fuels and hydropower sectors, ensuring energy access for all and addressing sustainable consumption and production in both developed and rapidly industrializing countries such as India, China, Brazil and South Africa. Part two analyses how climate change contributes to global insecurity and presents a consolidated overview of the potential threats and challenges it poses to international peace and development. Coverage includes future water scenarios including a focus on scarcity in the Middle East, food security, biodiversity loss, land degradation, the changing economics of climate change, adaptation and the special case of small island states. The final part lays out the potential avenues and mechanisms available to the international community to address and avert climate and energy instability via the multilateral framework under the United Nations. It also addresses mechanisms for resource and knowledge transfer from industrialized to developing countries to ensure a low-carbon energy transition by focusing on the rapid deployment of clean energy technologies and ways to tackle income and employment insecurity created by the transition away from traditional energy sources. This book offers the most comprehensive international assessment of the challenges and solutions for tackling the global insecurity arising from climate change and energy provision and use. It is essential reading for students, researchers and professionals across international relations, security, climate change and the energy sectors.
Oil And Gas Pipeline Infrastructure Insecurity
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Author : Abdul L. Abraham Jatto
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Oil And Gas Pipeline Infrastructure Insecurity written by Abdul L. Abraham Jatto and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Insecure Gulf
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Author : Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
Insecure Gulf written by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
Examines both the traditional and the new challenges that the Gulf states face
The United States Strategic Insecurity The Oil Nexus
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Author : John A. Gagan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The United States Strategic Insecurity The Oil Nexus written by John A. Gagan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
There's not any doubt that oil is a finite resource and that the United States relies heavily on oil for homeland security, defense security, and economic security. Every facet of the American lifestyle is dependent on oil. The United States secured its status as a world Super Power around an industrial base driven by oil; accessible, cheap, and plentiful oil. The United States has enjoyed virtually unhampered access to oil for over one hundred years. However, in the first decade of the 21st Century, global demand for oil has accelerated at an unprecedented pace. As global supplies have become tighter, global competition for oil has increased. This study set out to answer the primary question of: "How does the United States' dependence on oil create national security vulnerability?" Secondary questions include: "Is America's dependence on oil a strategic vulnerability, what hazards are associated with America's dependence on oil, and how can the United States mitigate those hazards? The findings of this study revealed that U.S. vulnerability to dependence on oil manifests in the realm of national homeland security, economic security, environmental security, and geo-political security, with economic security posing the greatest security vulnerability. Since the U.S. economy is driven by oil, it is a matter of national security that the U.S. maintains a safe, reliable, and ample supply of oil. As global competition increases for oil, securing those supplies will become more difficult, which leads to the most significant hazard associated with America's dependence on oil: energy supply disruptions.
A Changing Environment For Human Security
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Author : Linda Sygna
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-06-26
A Changing Environment For Human Security written by Linda Sygna and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-26 with Social Science categories.
Environmental change presents a new context and new opportunities for transformational change. This timely book will inspire new ways of understanding the relationship between environmental change and human security. A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action both supports and informs a call for new, transformative approaches to research, policy and action. The chapters in this book include critical analyses, case studies and reflections on contemporary environmental and social challenges, with a strong emphasis on those related to climate change. Human thoughts and actions have contributed to an environment of insecurity, manifested as multiple interacting threats that now represent a serious challenge to humanity. Yet humans also have the capacity to collectively transform the economic, political, social and cultural systems and structures that perpetuate human insecurities. These fresh perspectives on global environmental change from an interdisciplinary group of international experts will inspire readers – whether students, researchers, policy makers, or practitioners – to think differently about environmental issues and sustainability. The contributions show that in a changing environment, human security is not only a possibility, but a choice.