Climate change and security at the third pole

Survival

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-132

  Morton, Katherine ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79251603245     PISSN: 00396338     EISSN: 14682699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2011.555606     Document Type: Article

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