The localized geographies of violence in the North Caucasus of Russia, 1999-2007

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 178-201

  O'Loughlin, John ^a   Witmer, Frank D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chechnya; Civil war; Diffusion; North caucasus; Spatial statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; SEPARATISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

CAUCASUS; CHECHNYA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 78751656599     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.534713     Document Type: Article

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