Climate change, violent conflict and local institutions in kenya's drylands

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-80

  Adano, Wario R ^a   Dietz, Ton ^b   Witsenburg, Karen ^a,c   Zaal, Fred ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Both ENDS   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate change; Kenya's drylands; local institutions; resource curse; resource scarcity; violent conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856432353     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343311427344     Document Type: Article

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