An urbanization bomb? Population growth and social disorder in cities

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Buhaug, Halvard ^a,b   Urdal, Henrik ^a  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conflict; Environment; Population; Security; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION GROWTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84872607416     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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