It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Environment, Scarcity, and Violence by Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Earth's human population is expected to pass eight billion by the year 2025, while rapid growth in the global economy will spur ever increasing demands for natural resources. The world will consequently face growing scarcities of such vital renewable resources as cropland, fresh water, and forests. Thomas Homer-Dixon argues in this sobering book that these environmental scarcities will have profound social consequences--contributing to insurrections, ethnic clashes, urban unrest, and other forms of civil violence, especially in the developing world. Homer-Dixon synthesizes work from a...
Environment, Scarcity, and Violence by Thomas F. Homer-Dixon is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Environment, Scarcity, and Violence aloud.
Environment, Scarcity, and Violence is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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