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WAR AND ENVIRONMENT
Sanja Stanić
Anja Kutleša
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The paper discusses the influences of modern war on environment. The first part presents the concept of war as short review of social thought on war, as well as the explanation of the term of environment figured out as overall of natural and social surroundings. The influences of war on environment are analyzed on examples of four particular wars, each of them marked out by the specific manifestation on environment. The example of Vietnam War shows how destruction of environment can be under war operations and serves as war strategy. The war in Persian Gulf was selected as an example of how environment could be used as the mean of threat, and how it could be terrorized. As environment includes cultural heritage and social context, the Iraq war is observed as case of culturocide, and the Croatian war of independence as an example of how environment become social unavailable and dangerous because of land mine contamination. It is also pointed on the development of war means and techniques as becoming more destructive and invasive, manifesting in environment with long term and chain of consequences. In conclusion influences of war on environment are confronted to the influences of everyday, peacetime human activities, as well as war is regarded as risk of modernization in the context of U. Beck’s theory.
Ključne riječi
modern war; environment; ecocide; culturocide; risk
Hrčak ID:
38251
URI
Datum izdavanja:
26.6.2008.
Posjeta: 5.551 *