We live in a world of diminishing resources. Demand for many fuels and minerals far exceeds supply and the global battles to access and control these resources are intensifying. In this exciting new series leading international experts explore the geopolitics of key natural resources. From oil to water, timber to coltan, these provocative and illuminating books offer big-picture analyses of the complex power struggles at play and their implications for the future of these vital global resources.
Land
Derek Hall
Wilfrid Laurier University
£12.99
Land is one of the world’s most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex, it can be difficult to think them through in a unified way. This path-breaking book aims to change that by combining insights from multiple disciplines to develop a framework for understanding the geopolitics of land today.
Water
David Lewis Feldman
University of California, Irvine
£12.99
"Feldman's useful and clear overview of the modern world of water makes a very strong case overall for the involvement of scientists and local people in planning."
— The Guardian
Oil
Gavin Bridge & Philippe Le Billon
University of Manchester; University of British Columbia
£12.99
"You will not find a better guide to the new geopolitics of hydrocarbons."
— Michael Ross,, University of California Los Angeles
Food
Jennifer Clapp
University of Waterloo
£12.99
"In this admirably clear exposition Clapp explains the increasing 'financialisation' of and speculation in food commodities. Will sub-prime eaters be blamed for some future market crash? It makes you think twice about a second breakfast."
— The Guardian
Fish
Elizabeth R. DeSombre & J. Samuel Barkin
Wellesley College; University of Florida
£12.99
"A great environmental case study. Once you've read this book, you'll be hooked."
— The Ecologist
Timber
Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister
University of British Columbia
£12.99
"In what increasingly reads like a Sherlock Holmes thriller, the authors unravel the alliances and corruption of the giant multinational players involved in the rape of the forests."
— Irish Examiner
Coltan
Michael Nest
Independent Scholar
£12.99
"A clear, thorough and urgent contribution to our understanding of what's going on - and, hopefully, to the campaign to end it."
— New Internationalist
