Civil war, climate change, and development: A scenario study for sub-saharan Africa

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-145

  Devitt, Conor ^a   Tol, Richard S J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

civil war; climate change; economic development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856468692     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343311427417     Document Type: Article

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