Peace in the wake of disaster? Secessionist conflicts and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-427

  Le Billon, Philippe ^a   Waizenegger, Arno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aceh; Conflict resolution; Natural disaster; Political geography; Sri Lanka; War

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NATURAL DISASTER; SECESSIONISM; WAR;

ASIA; ATJEH; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34547663621     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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