Conflict ; National territory ; Political geography ; Sovereignty ; State
During the past forty years, territorial claims against neighboring states have almost always been justified as attempts to recover land that had been « wrongfully » taken away. Examples of territorial conflicts between Ecuador and Peru, India
and Pakistan, and Togo and Ghana reveal the influences of the discourse of territorial conflict justification.
Conflict ; Geopolitics ; India ; Jammu and Kashmir ; Political geography
In the article, an objective picture is to be provided about the antecedents of the Kashimi conflict series, the reasons for it, the earlier and present stages of the affair. Although the conflict is claimed to have been in religious grounds
Reviews the conflicts between the rich biodiversity of Chiapas and poverty, population pressure, environmental degradation, and political conflict. Main example of biodiversity discussed are the wild medicinal plants used by the Maya. The Maya
Rural industrialization as development strategy: cooperation and conflict in co-op, commune and household in Oaxaca, Mexico
Amerindians ; Conflict ; Cooperative ; Development ; Development strategy ; Labour ; Mexico ; Oaxaca ; Rural industry ; Village
Data from the Chinantec Indian community of Santa Cruz in the Sierra de Juárez of Oaxaca, Mexico, suggest that village-level conflicts over resource access and intra-household disputes between men and women over labor allocation are partly
Conservation versus artisanal gold mining in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica : land use conflicts at neotropical wilderness frontiers
Conflict ; Costa Rica ; Land use ; Logging ; Nature conservation ; Nature park ; Tourism
Costa Rica, which has the most advanced conservation agenda in Latin America, nevertheless is the scene of conflicts between farmers, miners and the government over access to protected forest lands. In 1985 over 800 gold miners were evicted from
Water Conflicts and the New Role of the State in Rural Morocco. The Example of the High Atlas Mountains
Labour migration ; Morocco ; Mountain ; Rural area ; Social segregation ; State ; Use conflict ; Water
Water conflict and growing social disparities, labour migration and social differentiation, village associations and the reorganisation of the local political arena, water supply in rural areas : stronger or less presence of the state. - (IfL)
Climate change and conflict : making sense of disparate findings
Africa ; Climate ; Climatic change ; Conflict ; Crop ; Drought ; India ; Livelihood ; Philippines ; Political geography ; Role of the State ; Subsaharan Africa ; Typhoon ; Vulnerability
Dans ce numéro spécial consacré au changement climatique et aux conflits qui y sont liés, on touvera les articles suivants : 1-Rice or riots: On food production and conflict severity across India ; 2-Sustained drought, vulnerability and civil
conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa ; 3-Trends and triggers redux: Climate change, rainfall, and interstate conflict ; 4-Collaboration or obstruction? Rebel group behavior during natural disaster relief in the Philippines ; 5-Climate security vulnerability
in Africa mapping 3.0 ; 6-On exposure, vulnerability and violence: Spatial distribution of risk factors for climate change and violent conflict across Kenya and Uganda ; 7-Conflicting messages? The IPCC on conflict and human security.
In competition with the new Global Player China, US strategy aims at having access to Africa's oil reserves. For this purpose, the present US government has been exploiting the escalating regional conflicts in Sudan, caused by population growth
The spatialization of politics: local and national actor-spaces in environmental conflict
Association ; Buckinghamshire ; Conflict ; Environmental management ; Local authority ; Local policy ; Locality ; Network ; Policy ; Social life ; South-East England ; United Kingdom
-in-situations, or actor-spaces. The study of an environmental conflict around minerals development shows that in practice the local and the national become mixed up as actors build associations in pursuit of their goals.
Seeking closure : conflict resolution, land restitution, and the inner city redevelopments in District Six, Cape Town
Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Conflict ; Inner city ; Land ; Redevelopment ; Segregation ; Societal relations ; South Africa ; Urban district ; Urban planning
and the role of state. The current land restitution process is examined and the conflicts it as aroused are assessed. - (AJC)