Managing Environmental Conflict: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Author(s): Joshua D. Fisher
Date: 2022
Topics: Conflict Causes, Conflict Prevention, Cooperation, Dispute Resolution/Mediation, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programming
Conflicts frequently arise over environmental issues such as land use, natural resource management, and laws and regulation. This book is a primer on the drivers of environmental conflicts and approaches for engaging stakeholders to build social capital and design conflict sensitive environmental governance. It provides a foundational overview of the theory and practice of collaborative environmental conflict management and includes resources to assist practitioners and stakeholders engage in constructive processes.