Oil prices, scarcity, and geographies of war

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 836-844

  Le Billon, Philippe ^a   Cervantes, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oil; Peace; Scarcity; Sudan; War

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOPOLITICS; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OIL PRODUCTION; PEACE PROCESS; POWER RELATIONS; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 70450169408     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600903245730     Document Type: Article

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