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Failing states, collapsing systems : biophysical triggers of political violence / Nafeez Mosaddeq Afeez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahmed, Nafeez Mosaddeq, author.
- Series:
- SpringerBriefs in energy
- Springer briefs in energy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political stability.
- Energy policy.
- Climatic changes--Political aspects.
- Climatic changes.
- Climate and civilization.
- Failed states.
- Political violence.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 110 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
- Contents:
- The crisis of civilization as an analytical framework
- Net energy decline
- Permanent secular stagnation
- Earth system disruption
- Human system destabilization
- Biophysical triggers of crisis convergence in the Middle East
- Biophysical triggers of crisis convergence in Africa
- Biophysical triggers of crisis convergence in Asia
- Biophysical triggers of crisis convergence in the Euro-Atlantic core
- Conclusions: from systemic state-failure to civilizational transition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3319478141
- 9783319478142
- OCLC:
- 959035164
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