Environmental Consequences of International Conflicts

This is the first of two volumes that, taken together, provide an integrated picture of the environmental consequences arising from international conflicts. The volumes build upon the successful book Environmental Consequences of War and Aftermath published in The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry in 2009. The books focus on environmental consequences only and discuss land degradation, erosion, water scarcity and pollution, water resources management, air pollution, desertification, deforestation, food scarcity and radioactive contamination, among others. This volume addresses conflicts in the MENA region ( M iddle E ast and N orth A frica), covering historical and more recent events such as water conflicts, military conflicts, migration and overpopulation, and infrastructure projects. Readers will also find several chapters in this book on the theory of international conflicts and their impact on the environment in general. Given its breadth, this book appeals to environmental scientists, policy makers, and researchers interested in the environmental impacts of international conflicts.

Reviews the environmental consequences of international conflicts from the 19th century to the present Provides a comprehensive analysis covering events such as military conflicts, water conflicts, migration, and infrastructure Covers a wide geographic region with a diverse mix of climate zones and landscapes

Auteur

Prof. Alexander V. Semenov is a Professor and Rector of S.Yu. Witte Moscow University (Moscow, Russia), and Honorary Professor at the Higher School of Finance and Management (Bialystok, Poland). With a PhD in Economics, he authored 150+ scientific publications, and authored/edited 30 books, including the encyclopedia of the White, East Siberian, Baltic, Adriatic, Ionian Seas and the Arctic Ocean, published in 2014-2020 in the publishing house "International Relations" (Russia) and "Springer" (Germany).

Prof. Igor S. Zonn holds a PhD in Geography and is a full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Honored Meliorator of the Russian Federation, and General Director of the Engineering Research and Production Center for Land Reclamation, Water Management and Ecology "Soyuzvodproekt" (Moscow, Russia). He is also member of the editorial board of the international Journal "Problems of Desert" (Turkmenistan), member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Arid Ecosystems", founder and Editor-in-Chief (since 1996) of the magazine "The Caspian Sea Bulletin". He authored 450+ scientific articles and 50 monographs, and books like the encyclopedias of the Black, Caspian, Aral, Japan, Okhotsk, Bering, Barents, White, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, Chukchi, Baltic, Adriatic, Ionian seas, Arctic Ocean and Danube River, published in 2004-2020 in publishing houses "International Relations" (Russia) and "Springer" (Germany).

Prof. Dr. Andrey G. Kostianoy is a Chief Scientist at the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia), a Visiting Professor at the University of Liege (Belgium), and a Honorary Professor of Tver State University (Russia) and Maykop State Technological University (Russia). With a PhD in Physico-Mathematical Sciences, he is a specialist in physical oceanography and satellite remote sensing. His research has focused on satellite monitoring, oceanography, regional climate change and environmental problems of the Black, Caspian, Aral, and Baltic seas. He is Editor-in-Chief of the book series "The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry" and "Springer Water" from Springer (Germany), and of the "Journal of Oceanological Research" (Russia). He is a member of the editorial boards of a dozen Russian and international journals. He author 350+ peer-reviewed papers, and authored and/or edited 75 books, including the Encyclopedia of the Black, Caspian, Aral, Japan, Okhotsk, Bering, Barents, White, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, Chukchi, Baltic, Adriatic, Ionian seas and Arctic Ocean, published in 2006-2020 in publishing houses "International Relations" (Russia) and "Springer" (Germany).

Prof. Sergey S. Zhiltsov is a Professor at the RUDN University, named after Patrice Lumumba Moscow, Russia and also Editor-in-Chief of scientific journals "Problems of the Post-Soviet Space" and the bulletin of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Russia and the World". With a Phd in Political Sciences, his scientific interests focus on foreign and domestic policies of the post-Soviet countries, the problems of regional integration in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and foreign and domestic policies of Ukraine and Moldova. He authored 40+ scientific articles and 10 monographs on various problems of the Caspian Region, published in Russia and also by Springer (Germany). Among them are: "Geopolitics of the Caspian Region" (2003), "New Caspian Sea" (2008), "Caspian Pipeline Geopolitics" (2011), "Caspian Sea. Encyclopedia" (2015), "Oil and Gas Pipelines in the Black-Caspian Seas Region" (2016), "Caspian Region: Politics, Economy, Cooperation"(2017), "Russia's Policy in the Caspian Region" (2019).

Prof. Abdelazim Negm is a Professor of Hydraulics (and Water Resources management) at the Faculty of Engineering, Z

Contenu

International Conflicts and Their Resolution: Theoretical Issues.- The Environmental Security and International Conflicts: An Analytical and Theoretical Framework.- Environmental Impacts of International Water Resources-Based Conflicts.- Conflicts and Natural Disasters, Sources of Migration in the Twenty-First Century.- Environmental Consequences of Local Conflict in Morocco.- Targeting Environmental Infrastructure: Libya Conflict Case Study.- Game Theory and SWOT Analysis of GERD's Conflicts Impacts on Eastern Nile Countries.- Evaluating Potential Impacts of High Population on the Riverine Ecological Environments in the Upper Nile Countries.- Impacts of Upper Nile Mega Dams on Agricultural Environment in Downstream Country.- Water Conflict in the Eastern Nile Sub-basin.- Water Resources Management Crisis in Palestine.- The Environmental Impact of Syria's War on Waste Management in Latakia City.- Environmental Consequences and Rehabilitation of Aleppo's Historical Markets During and After the War.- The Environmental Effect of Military Actions in Iraq.- Fence-Wall Diplomacy as a Factor for Boundary Security.