Drought-related conflicts, management and resolution in the West African Sahel: Considerations for climate change research

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Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-248

  Nyong, Anthony ^a   Fiki, Charles O ^b   McLeman, Robert ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^b Tripod Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conflict; Drought; Nigeria; Pastoralism; Sahel

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTORALISM; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33847081756     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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