Social Metabolism and Environmental Conflicts in India

Environmental Change , Security , and Social Conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon

The links among environmental change, notions of security, and social conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon are multiple and complex. Successive Brazilian governments and the Brazilian military have found a distinct relationship between environmental matters and security issues through a focus on state sovereignty. This relationship is often articulated in terms of defending national sovereignty in...

Environmental Change, Social Conflicts and Security in the Brazilian Amazon: Exploring the Links

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BattleScars: Global Conflicts and Environmental Health

Background: Osteoporosis, a disease of decreased bone mineral density represents a significant and growing burden in the western world. Aging population structure and therapeutic use of glucocorticoids have contributed in no small way to the increase in the incidence of this disease. Despite substantial investigative efforts over the last number of years the exact molecular mechanism underpinni...

Environmental Impact of Wars and Conflicts

Pragmatic planning in multistakeholder tourism–environmental conflicts

©2002 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Originally appeared in Journal of Planning Education and Research 22(2002): 164–77. Used by permission. This article advocates a neopragmatic approach to collaborative planning in protected areas characterized by historical conflict among diverse stakeholders. Our example is a multisectoral process initiated to address use and development con...