Chinese drought, bread and the Arab Spring

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 519-524

  Sternberg, Troy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab spring; Bread; China; Drought; Egypt; Standard precipitation index; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84858737407     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.02.004     Document Type: Note

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