{"product_id":"conflicts-over-natural-resources-a-reference-handbook-hardcover","title":"Conflicts over Natural Resources: A Reference Handbook - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Vaughn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis work is an overview of the critical natural resource conflicts facing the United States and the world, and current attempts to resolve them peacefully.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConflicts over natural resources are not new. But they are now worldwide, enduring, increasingly contentious, and in some cases, intractable. In this new book, political scientist Jacqueline Vaughn explores conflicts over natural resources--both renewable and nonrenewable--in the United States and from a worldwide perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eConflicts over Natural Resources\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on four major controversies: minerals, oil, and natural gas drilling; protected areas policy; range land management; and timber and forests. On the global level, the work also explores issues surrounding diamonds and precious metals, forest destruction, and water scarcity. For students, professionals, and lay readers alike, this book offers a thorough and balanced grounding in both the problems surrounding resource management and the successful strategies for resolution.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Vaughn\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. Her published works include \u003ci\u003eGeorge W. Bush's Healthy Forests: Reframing the Environmental Debate\u003c\/i\u003e and ABC-CLIO's \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Activism: A Reference Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 9.36 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343385870585,"sku":"9781598840155","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xh8pUMjVnr9781598840155.webp?v=1769719578","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/conflicts-over-natural-resources-a-reference-handbook-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}