WATER ISSUES AND THE EXTENDED UNDERSTANDING OF 'SECURITY': THE SOUTHEAST ANATOLlA PROJECT AS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL POTENTIAL FOR CRISIS?
Author(s) -
Andrea K. Riemer
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
the turkish yearbook of international relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-5382
pISSN - 0544-1943
DOI - 10.1501/intrel_0000000249
Subject(s) - humanity , desert (philosophy) , grasp , atmosphere (unit) , earth (classical element) , earth science , environmental ethics , geography , political science , geology , engineering , meteorology , philosophy , law , physics , software engineering , mathematical physics
it takes no stretch of the imagination to see that the human species is now an agenl of change of geologic proportions. We literally move mountains to mine the earth's minerals, redirect rivers to bui Id cities in the desert, torch forests to make way for crops and catıle, and alter the chemistry of the atmosphere in disposing of our wastes. At humanity's hand, the earth is undergoing a profound transformatian one with consequences we cannot fully grasp.1
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