Spaces of uncertainty: A model of mobile space in the Sahel

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-101

  Retaillé, Denis ^a   Walther, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b Enterprise Research Unit Centre for Population   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cross border economy; Development; Mobile space (l'espace mobile); Mobility; Sahel; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIALIZATION;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79955151639     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2011.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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