Environmental destruction, besides being the immediate factor in fueling competition over natural resources, can also potentially lead to loss of source of living, which may result in the population migration. In this study, an attempt has been made to develop a conceptual framework of conceivable social conflicts that are more likely to develop in an environmental migration induced scarcity situation. In order to test some of the ideas of the framework, a case study was conducted in South Asia. Since 1975, India is diverting most of the dry season flow of the Ganges River at Farakka Barrage to one of her internal rivers for her own development. It has caused various environmental problems in the south-western part of Bangladesh and led to loss of the sources of living of a large number of populations.

Environmental Trap: The Ganges River Diversion, Bangladeshi Migration & Conflicts in India (Uppsala University Department of Peace & Conflict Research, Report No. 41)

Science & Math

Swain, Ashok

Earth Sciences

Uppsala Universitet

"The prevention of conflicts became important early after the end of the Cold War. Cases such as the genocides in Rwanda, ethnic wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina and state failure in Somalia pointed to the necessity of finding means to avert conflicts from escalating into war, human disasters and regional instability. The purpose of international action to deal with such situation was to curtail the spread of violence and find a solution at an early stage. It is these ambitions that oftentimes are described as conflict prevention. Experiences has shown that it is now time to be more nuanced and ask which actions by whom are more likely to get an effective response. Contents include: Introduction, The Concept of Conflict Prevention, Towards a Prevention Theory?, Outlining a Systematic Study, Conclusion, Appendix, References."

Conflict Prevention: Methodology For Knowing The Unknown (Uppsala Peace Research Papers)

Biographies & Memoirs

Wallensteen, Peter

Moller, Frida

Leaders & Notable People

States in Armed Conflict 2009

The Urban Mind: Cultural and Environmental Dynamics

Paul J. J. Sinclair (editor)

Gullög Nordquist (editor)

Frands Herschend (editor)

Christian Isendahl (editor)

The Order And The Archive

Berndtsson, Tim

This study examines the new ecological dimensions of the regional impulse in the poetry of three major, contemporary poets of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The study opens with a survey and analysis of the discussion of a general regional aesthetic in poetry in the Northwest during the 20th century and argues that the important development visible in the regional impluse since World War II in these poets has less to do with an earlier regional aesthetic than with the elements of an ecological metaphor. strategies of expressing the metaphor within the context of their common region is explored. It is argued that in the poetry the ecological metaphor conveys a new view of the relationship between man and non-human nature, between man and place, in which man is seen as an integrated and inseparable part of the natural systems of a region. This poetic metaphor is ethical in that it voices a concern about the destruction of the natural environment, suggests a model of ecologically correct behaviour, and envisages a harmonious balance where the human and non-human meet as equals. integrity of the non-human world, the poetry tends to reject images and emblems of our contemporary industrial-technological society, and to harken back not only to earlier Romantic and Transcendental currents in poetry, but more significantly, to the vision of man's place in nature as traditionally perceived by native Americans. Finally, the study concludes with a brief survey of other Northwest poets who emphasize regional and/or ecological themes - including a glance at three prominent Northwest Native American poets - and a brief discussion of the political dimensions of this metaphor.

Theodore Roethke, William Stafford, and Gary Snyder: The Ecological Metaphor As Transformed Regionalism (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis)

Literature & Fiction

Nordstrom, Lars

Contemporary

Two Models of Welfare: The Origins and Development of the Welfare State in Sweden and New Zealand, 1888-1988 (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis Series,)

Alexander Davidson

Administrative Law

Scandinavian Values: Religion and Morality in the Nordic Countries (Psychologia Et Sociologia Religionum , No 10)

Politics & Social Sciences

Thorleif Pettersson

Social Sciences

A Threat Imminence Approach to Human Fear Responding: Direction of Threat, Aversive Contexts & Electrodermal Responses (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis Studia Psychologica Upsaliensia, 18)

Flykt, Anders

Speech and Language Skills in Children Who Required Neonatal Intensive Care (Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations)

Medical Books

Jennische, Margareta

Medicine

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