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Global Resources: Abuse, Scarcity, and Insecurity David A. Taylor Abstract
Until recently, little consideration has gone into the link between environmental policy and security, despite the fact that the stakes for both are often similar. There are not yet many statistics that adequately characterize the complex relationships between security concerns and management of natural resources. But development planners are recognizing that what appear at first glance to be strictly political tensions are often, in fact, rooted in environmental strains, and a growing body of literature suggests that rights to use resources such as land and water can sometimes be central to understanding the dynamics of national and regional security. In the past decade, a conceptual framework has emerged for considering the goals of sustainable environmental management together with concerns for national security, and planners are beginning to consider long-term environmental interventions strategically to avert security threats.
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