Wave of peace? Tsunami disaster diplomacy in Aceh, Indonesia

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 511-526

  Gaillard, Jean Christophe ^a   Clavé, Elsa ^b   Kelman, Ilan ^c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aceh; Armed conflict; Diplomacy; Disaster; Indonesia; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; PEACE PROCESS; PEACEKEEPING; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; ATJEH; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 37449007376     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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