Oil
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth.
Polity Bronnen Serie Reeks
Deze serie duikt in het dringende probleem van afnemende mondiale hulpbronnen en de geopolitieke conflicten die voortvloeien uit schaarste. Toonaangevende experts ontleden de intense strijd om controle over vitale grondstoffen, van olie en water tot zeldzame mineralen. De boeken bieden scherpe analyses van de complexe machtsdynamiek die onze toekomst vormgeeft en de implicaties ervan voor de mondiale stabiliteit. Het is essentiële lectuur voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in internationale betrekkingen en duurzaamheid.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
Fishing has played a vital role in human history and culture. But today this key resource faces a serious crisis as most species are being overfished or fished to their very limit. Governments have tried to tackle the problem with limited success. Many of their actions have been counterproductive or ineffective.
Food
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- 12 uur lezen
New edition of the leading introduction to the global food trade--
Timber
- 200bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
Timber is a vital resource that is all around us. It forms our homes and furniture, our disposable diapers and newspapers, and boxes our cereal and new appliances. The way we produce and consume timber, however, is changing. With international timber companies and big box discount retailers increasingly controlling through global commodity chains where and how much timber is traded, the world's remaining old-growth forests, particularly in the developing world, are under threat of disappearing - all for the price of a consumer bargain. --
Land
- 204bladzijden
- 8 uur lezen
Land is one of the world s most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex, it can be difficult to think them through in a unified way.