Not drawn to scale: Research on resource and environmental conflict

Geopolitics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-182

  O'Lear, Shannon ^a   Diehl, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GEOPOLITICS; LAND USE CONFLICT; RESOURCE USE;

AFRICA;

EID: 33845876269     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650040601031263     Document Type: Article

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