Drugs, violence, fear, and death: The necro- and narco-geographies of contemporary urban space

Urban Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1148-1166

  Garmany, Jeff ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; death; drugs; favela; fear; homicide

Indexed keywords

DRUG; LANDSCAPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

BRAZIL; CEARA; FORTALEZA;

EID: 82455186319     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.32.8.1148     Document Type: Article

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