Roads and the diffusion of insurgent violence. The logistics of conflict in Russia's North Caucasus.

Political Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 144-156

  Zhukov, Yuri M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Diffusion; Epidemic; Insurgency; Roads

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; LOGISTICS; MILITARY INTERVENTION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; ROAD; VIOLENCE;

CAUCASUS; NORTHERN CAUCASUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84859424601     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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