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6 - The Environment as a Vector of Violence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Richard A. Marcantonio
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame
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Conflict activities produce a complex array of environmental vectors of violence. Environmental violence is excess human-produced pollution that directly harms human health. In conflict, most often all pollution produced is in excess. Beyond the reduction in environmental quality and ecosystem services from degradation, the environment as a vector of violence directly assaults human health, often with impacts lasting well beyond the end of a conflict. This chapter focuses on environmental violence from conflict and highlights the complex and myriad ways in which conflict activities, materials, and damages can directly and indirectly harm human health.

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