Threats or vulnerabilities? assessing the link between climate change and security

Global Environmental Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 104-120

  Detraz, Nicole ^a  

^a University of Memphis

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; MEDIA INDUSTRY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; SECURITY; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 79960544563     PISSN: 15263800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/GLEP_a_00071     Document Type: Article

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