Material worlds: Natural resources, resource geography and the material economy

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1217-1244

  Bridge, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ECONOMY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RESOURCE USE;

EID: 66149187097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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