The urbicide of Beirut? Geopolitics and the built environment in the Lebanese civil war (1975-1976)

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 309-318

  Fregonese, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beirut; Critical geopolitics; Urbicide

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POST-COLD WAR; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70349745737     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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