Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions

Challenges of War, Terrorism, and Civil Disorder

Phillip J. Cooper, Claudia María Vargas

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN: 9781461618744
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environment & Energy Policy
• Index: Biological Sciences

In the midst of great crisis, it is difficult to contemplate the future. In recent decades, determining what kind of future to imagine has been an ongoing challenge for millions of people around the world who have been subjected to war, terrorism, and civil disorder.

While destruction of the environment has long been part of warfare, it has become increasingly important as environmental pressures have intensified in our time. Focusing on the challenges and issues that arise for those contemplating a way forward in the wake of catastrophic upheavals, Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions takes a broad-based and integrative approach. What emerges is that the post-WWII reconstruction or nation-building perspectives are inadequate and inappropriate to most of the contemporary post-conflict challenges-a successful response requires a sustainable development approach, and Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions is a preliminary exploration of this complex subject.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 - War, Terror, and Civil Disorder in Today’s World
• 2 - Environmental, Social, and Economic Warfare
• 3 - People and Other Creatures on the Move
• 4 - Traumatic Stress Its Features and Long-Term Challenges
• 5 - Demobilization Looking Past Disaster
• 6 - A Final Word
• Selected Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors