Climate variability, political crises, and historical population displacements in Ethiopia

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 113-127

  Comenetz, Joshua ^a   Caviedes, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartographic representation; Climate; El Ni o; Ethiopia; Migration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1642378971     PISSN: 14642867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hazards.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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