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War Impacts on the Environment in the Mediterranean and Evolution of International Law

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Security and Environment in the Mediterranean

Part of the book series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace ((HSHES,volume 1))

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Between 1950 and 2000 many conflicts occurred in the Mediterranean (Pfetsch ch. 3). While environmental reasons had not been a major cause during the 20th century, nevertheless several violent conflicts had a lasting negative impact on the environment: on flora and fauna and also for the well-being of human beings. While this book prefers a medium definition of the Mediterranean (Brauch ch. 2), this chapter includes the Persian Gulf because the Gulf War (1990–1991) resulted in major environmental damage and had political repercussions for the Mediterranean region.

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    Hans Günter Brauch

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  1. Department of Political and Social Sciences, Free University Berlin, Alte Bergsteige 47, 74821, Mosbach, Germany

    Hans Günter Brauch (Privatdozent, AFES-PRESS chairman) (Privatdozent, AFES-PRESS chairman)

  2. US Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, Rhode Island, 02841-1207, USA

    Peter H. Liotta (Jerome E. Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National Security) (Jerome E. Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National Security)

  3. Complutense University of Madrid, Hermanos San Román, 5, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28224, Madrid, Spain

    Antonio Marquina

  4. School of Peace Studies, Bradford University, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK

    Paul F. Rogers

  5. Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Mohammad El-Sayed Selim (Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for Asian Studies) (Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for Asian Studies)

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Brauch, H.G. (2003). War Impacts on the Environment in the Mediterranean and Evolution of International Law. 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_31

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