Climate change and regime perpetuation in North Korea

Asian Survey

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 378-401

  Habib, Benjamin ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Kim Jong il; North Korea; Regime change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; LEADERSHIP; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLITICAL POWER;

NORTH KOREA;

EID: 77952978497     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: 1533838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.2010.50.2.378     Document Type: Article

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