Conceived as a single and reliable reference source which will be a vital resource for students, researchers and policy makers alike, the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding presents a wide range of chapters written by key thinkers in the field on the key issues and debates in environmental conflict and peacebuilding.

1. Environmental Conflict and peacebuilding: An IntroductionAshok Swain & Joakim Öjendal

Part I Review of the Concept and Theories2. Environment and Conflict James R. Lee
3. Transnational Environmental Crime Peter Stoett4. Climate Change and Environmental ConflictsSimon Dalby
5. Environmental Pathways to Peace Ken Conca and Michael D. Beevers
6. Environment, Climate Change, and PeaceRandall Amster

Part II Review of Thematic Approaches

7. Post-War Environmental Peacebuilding: Navigating Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources Erika Weinthal and McKenzie Johnson
8. Depoliticisation, Water, and Environmental Peacebuilding Karin Aggestam
9. Climate Change Adaptation and Peacebuilding Richard A. Matthew
10. Environmental Peacebuilding and the United Nations David Jensen and Amanda Kron
11. Revisiting Securitization: An Empirical Analysis Of Environment and Natural Resource Provisions in United Nations Security Council Resolutions, 1946-2016 Peter Aldinger, Carl Bruch, and Sofia Yazykova

Part III Case Studies

12. Environmental Peacebuilding in the Middle East Tobias Ide, Vakur Sümer, and Larissa M. Aldehoff
13. Environmental Peacebuilding in Iraq: Restoring the Iraqi Marshes and the Ancient Kahrez Systems in the Northern Governorates Hannah Moosa
14. Are there limits to environmental peacebuilding? A critical reflection on water cooperation in the Jordan BasinAnders Jägerskog15. Environmental Peacebuilding in Liberia Michael D. Beevers
16. Environmental Peacebuilding in Nepal: Lessons From Nepal's Micro-Hydropower Projects Florian Krampe
17. Environmental Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Colombia Pedro Valenzuela and Servio Caicedo
18. From curse to blessing - How natural resources affect peace and conflict in the PhilippinesColin Walch
Part IV Analytical Challenges and Future-oriented Perspectives

19. Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding in Africa: Connecting Resources, Issues, and Ongoing Governance Initiatives Timothy Adivilah Balag'kutu, Jeremiah O. Asaka, Linda Holcombe, Jason J. McSparren, and Stacy D. VanDeveer20. The role of water diplomacy in peace building Maria Vink
21. Climate Diplomacy and Peace Dennis Tänzler
22. The Role of the Military in Environmental Peace-building Saleem H. Ali and Rebecca Pincus
23. Environmental Resource Governance and Peace: A Critical Review Larry Swatuk

Ashok Swain is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair of International Water Cooperation, and Director of the Research School of International Water Cooperation at Uppsala University, Sweden. He has written extensively on new security challenges and democratic development issues.

Joakim Öjendal is Professor of Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has been researching water management for twenty years and has published widely within water management as well as within regionalisation in East and Southeast Asia, and has been specialising in Cambodia studies.