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The Mediterranean has been called many things in its long history: from a cradle of civilization to a cauldron of cultures, the soft underbelly of Europe, and most recently a sink of human-made pollution. In a way its future can be held to encapsulate the prospects for human society as a whole. In this preface I want to pull some of the issues together, and suggest a perspective in which these prospects can be seen and judged. I can think of few greater challenges than the risks of conflict arising from human population increase and pressure on the natural resources on which we all depend.
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Tickell, C. (2003). Risks of Conflict: Population and Resource Pressures. In: Brauch, H.G., Liotta, P.H., Marquina, A., Rogers, P.F., Selim, M.ES. (eds) Security and Environment in the Mediterranean. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55854-2_3
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