New Wars and Old Plagues : : Armed Conflict, Environmental Change and Resurgent Malaria in the Southern Caucasus.

• Author: Hirschfeld, Katherine.
• TeilnehmendeR: de Beurs, Kirsten.; Brayfield, Brad.; Melkonyan-Gottschalk, Ani.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (129 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- About the Book -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: History and Ecology of Malaria in the Caucasus -- 2.1 The Caucasus -- 2.2 Malaria in the Caucasus -- 2.3 Early Public Health Work in the Caucasus -- 2.4 The Caucasus: Ethnicity and Health in the Soviet Era -- 2.5 Late Soviet Political Economy: Setting the Stage for Conflict -- References -- Chapter 3: The Karabakh Conflict, 1988-1994 -- 3.1 Ethnicity and Nationalism -- 3.2 Early Phase Conflict, 1988-1990 -- 3.3 Soviet Collapse and Nation-State Warfare, 1991-1994 -- References -- Chapter 4: Rebordering, Forced Migration and Population Health Crises, 1988-1994 -- 4.1 Rebordering and Forced Migration -- 4.2 Forced Migration and Population Health Crises -- 4.3 Resurgent Malaria and Environmental Change -- References -- Chapter 5: Long-Term Conflict and Environmental Change -- 5.1 Resurgent Conflict and Rebordering, 2020 -- 5.2 Long-Term Conflict and Environmental Change -- 5.3 Topographic Analysis -- 5.4 Cropland Abandonment -- 5.5 Forest Disturbance -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusions -- References -- Appendix A: Research And Research Methods -- Archival Research -- Site Visits to Armenia -- Spatial Data and Analysis -- Regional Borders and Geography -- Conflict Region -- Conflict Sites -- UNHCR Refugee and IDP Settlement Camps -- Irrigated Cropland Estimates -- Census Data and Human Mobility -- Malaria -- Integration of Qualitative Research with Remote Sensing Data -- References -- Appendix B: Historical Chronology of the Conflict -- Pre Soviet Era, 1915-1921 -- Soviet Era 1921-1990 -- Late Soviet Period, 1987-1990 -- Post-Soviet Era, 1992-Present -- Index.