Geography as motivation and opportunity: Group concentration and ethnic conflict

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 526-543

  Weidmann, Nils B ^a  

^a ETH and University of Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethnic conflict; Ethnic settlement patterns; Geographic conflict determinants; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949099382     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002709336456     Document Type: Article

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