The city as arena, hub and prey - Patterns of violence in Kabul and Karachi

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 31-38

  Esser, Daniel ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KABUL [AFGHANISTAN]; KABUL [KABUL (PRV)]; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ARENA;

EID: 7444247279     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1630/0956247042310052     Document Type: Article

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