Military occupation as urbicide by "Construction and Destruction" The case of Nablus, Palestine

Arab World Geographer

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-154

  Abujidi, Nurhan ^a   Verschure, Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Identity Nablus; Palestine; Political violence; Urbicide

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; MILITARY INTERVENTION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; URBAN POLITICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

EID: 34247168522     PISSN: 14806800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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