Refugees' environmental impact: The effect of patterns of settlement

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-36

  Jacobsen, Karen ^a  

^a REGIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ROLE; DEVELOPING REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; REFUGEE COMMUNITY; REFUGEE IMPACT; REFUGEE SETTLEMENT; REFUGEES; SETTLEMENT IMPACT; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030668903     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/10.1.19     Document Type: Article

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