Threats to sustainability: simulating conflict within and between nations

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 129-162

  Wils, Annababette ^a   Kamiya, Matilde ^a,b   Choucri, Nazli ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Inst of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL CONFLICT; SECURITY THREAT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031664393     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1727(199822/23)14:2/3<129::aid-sdr146>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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