The 'nature' of contiguous borders: Ease of interaction, salience, and the analysis of crisis

International Interactions

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-235

  Starr, Harvey ^a   Dale Thomas, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; Contiguity; Crisis; Geopolitics; GIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038660454     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050620213655     Document Type: Article

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