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Introduction: Environmental conflict in the Asia‐Pacific
Author(s) -
Jackson Laurie Skuba,
Pradubraj Piyachatr
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8376.2004.00224.x
Subject(s) - constructive , scarcity , context (archaeology) , political science , development economics , social conflict , power (physics) , environmental crisis , geography , environmental ethics , economics , politics , law , philosophy , physics , archaeology , computer science , microeconomics , operating system , process (computing) , quantum mechanics
The literature on environmental conflict has expanded greatly over the past 10 years, yet most of the cases and theory have been from a Western, Northern, and developed world context. This volume concentrates on cases of current conflict and its management from Asian and Pacific nations. This paper presents a brief literature review of the nature of environmental conflict and highlights some of the key authors who have featured. Their conclusions are summarised into four key suppositions; a) Environmental conflict is a result of scarcity and represents social struggles against uneven usage and allocation of resources; b) Environmental conflict reflects poor performance by governments in developing complex public policy; c) Environmental conflict involves the issues of power and rights; d) Environmental conflict is an inevitable consequence of development and can be constructive.