African range wars: Climate, conflict, and property rights

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-34

  Butler, Christopher K ^a   Gates, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

climate change and security; communal violence; game theory; non state actor violence; property rights; resources and conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856425457     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343311426166     Document Type: Article

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