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Main Title The anatomy of resource wars /
Author Renner, Michael,
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Prugh, Thomas.
Publisher Worldwatch Institute,
Year Published 2002
OCLC Number 50908714
ISBN 1878071653; 9781878071651
Subjects Natural resources--Developing countries--Case studies ; Ressources naturelles ; Guerres ; Exploitation des ressources ; Pays en développement ; Gewapende conflicten ; Natuurlijke hulpbronnen ; Grondstoffen ; Krieg ; Rohstoffreserve ; Environmentalism--Developing countries ; Environmental management--Developing countries
Internet Access
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Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=018967407&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Full text http://www.worldwatch.org/node/828
Holdings
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Status
EKBD  WWI/P-162 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 01/03/2003
Collation 91 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-87) and index.
Contents Notes
The relationship between resources and conflict -- The nature of resource conflicts -- Lootability and obstructability: factors in resource exploitation -- The resource curse -- The proliferation of arms and combatants -- How conflicts are financed by natural resource pillage -- Sierra Leone and Liberia: trapped in a vicious cycle? -- Democratic Republic of the Congo: the new wealth grab -- Angola: diamonds versus oil -- Colombia: narcotics, petroleum, and indigenous peoples -- How resource extraction can trigger conflict -- Indonesia: the Suharto legacy -- Bougainville: copper and secession -- Nigeria: repression in the delta -- Collateral damage: the environmental toll -- Sanctions, certification systems, and economic diversification.