Biofuels and the politics of mapmaking

Political Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 279-289

  Neville, Kate J ^a   Dauvergne, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Corporations; Environmental politics; Land grabs; Mapping; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISPUTE RESOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND RIGHTS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; RESEARCH WORK; TERRITORIALITY;

PWANI; RUFIJI; TANZANIA;

EID: 84863993351     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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