Natural Disasters: Triggers of Political Instability?

International Interactions

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 441-465

  Omelicheva, Mariya Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict; natural disasters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858320442     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: 15477444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2011.622653     Document Type: Article

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