Ecopolitical discourse: ‘environmental security’ and political geography

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 503-522

  Dalby, Simon ^a  

^a DOUGLAS COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL SECURITY; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL STRATEGY; THEORETICAL STUDIES;

EID: 0027084280     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913259201600401     Document Type: Article

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