PRIO-GRID: A unified spatial data structure

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 363-374

  Tollefsen, Andreas Forø ^a   Strand, Håvard ^b   Buhaug, Halvard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

civil war; data; disaggregation; geography; GIS; grid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856478294     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343311431287     Document Type: Review

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