Insurance, climate change, and the creation of geographies of uncertainty in the Indian Ocean Region

Journal of the Indian Ocean Region

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-251

  Lobo Guerrero, Luis ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Climate change; Geopolitics; Insurance; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958762350     PISSN: 19480881     EISSN: 1948108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19480881.2010.536671     Document Type: Article

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