Environment, Scarcity and Violence

Ecoviolence: Links among Environment, Population, and Security

Argument Analysis

Homer-Dixon, Thomas, and Karapin, Roger, "Graphical Argument Analysis: A New Approach to Understanding Arguments Applied to a Debate about the Window of Vulnerability," International Studies Quarterly, vol 33, no. 4 (December 1989), pp. 389-410.


Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: Hypotheses, Conceptual Framework, and Methodology

Schwartz, Daniel; Deligiannis, Tom; and Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "The Environment and Violent Conflict: A Response to Gleditsch's Critique and Suggestions for Future Research," Environmental Change & Security Project Report, Issue 6 (Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center, Summer 2000), pp. 77-93.

Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Strategies for Studying Causation in Complex Ecological-Political Systems," Journal of Environment and Development, vol. 5, no. 2 (Spring 1996), pp. 132- 48.

Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "The Ingenuity Gap: Can Poor Countries Adapt to Resource Scarcity?," Population and Development Review, vol. 21, no. 3 (September 1995), pp. 1-26.

Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict: Evidence from Cases," International Security, vol. 19, no. 1 (Summer 1994), pp. 5 - 40.

Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "On the Threshold: Environmental Changes as Causes of Acute Conflict," International Security, vol. 16, no. 2 (Fall 1991), pp. 76 -116.


Book Reviews

Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Review of Colin Kahl, States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World," Population and Development Review 32, No. 3 (September 2006).

Thematic Reports

Barbier, Edward and Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Resource Scarcity, Institutional Adaptation, and Technical Innovation: Can Poor Countries Attain Endogenous Growth?," EPS, May 1996.

Gizewski, Peter and Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Urban Growth and Violence: Will the Future Resemble the Past?," EPS, June 1995.


Case Studies

Gizewski, Peter and Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of Pakistan," EPS, April 1996.

Howard, Philip and Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of Chiapas, Mexico," EPS, June 1995.

Kelly, Kimberley and Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of Gaza," EPS, June 1995.

Percival, Valerie and Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of Rwanda," EPS, June 1995.

Percival, Valerie and Homer-Dixon, Thomas, "Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of South Africa," EPS, June 1995.