Coastal exploitation, land loss, and hurricanes: A recipe for disaster

American Anthropologist

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 671-691

  Austin, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Petroleum impacts; Political ecology; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751569858     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2006.108.4.671     Document Type: Article

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