Upon independence from colonialism about four decades ago, many Africans thought that the post colonial period would be a period of reconstruction and development; prosperity, peace and stability; and indeed a period of cooperation and mutual respect among various ethnic and religious groups.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Ejigu, M. (2009). Environmental Scarcity, Insecurity and Conflict: The Cases of Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Burundi. In: Brauch, H.G., et al. Facing Global Environmental Change. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68488-6_68
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68488-6_68
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-68487-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-68488-6
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)