On the Edge of Scarcity

Environment, Resources, Population, Sustainability, and Conflict

Bibliographic Data

ID11085282
AuthorsBrian K Obach (0000-0002-2328-163X, corresponding author), Brian Obach, Michael N Dobkowski, Isidor Wallimann
Year2003
Volume32
Issue6
Pages734
Publication date2003-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/1556667
OpenAlexW1995675123
LanguageEN
Citations received7

These essays address one of the most pressing and significant issues that humanity has confronted to date - the lack of life-sustaining resources. Michael N. Dobkowski and Isidor Wallimann establish a disturbing but realistic scenario of the disastrous future that awaits humankind as surplus populations collide with dwindling resources. Authors consider a number of cause-and-effect situations on industrialization, biophysical limits, exponential population growth, and genocide, to name a few. This volume is a critical contribution to the field and will serve as an ideal introduction to courses in the environment, population, resources, genocide, and social conflict

Biology · Business · Economics · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Population · Resource scarcity · Scarcity · Sociology · Sustainability · Demography · Ecology · Transboundary Water Resource Management

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