Disentangling the climate-conflict nexus: Empirical and theoretical assessment of vulnerabilities and pathways

Review of European Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Scheffran, Jürgen ^a   Brzoska, Michael ^b   Kominek, Jasmin ^a   Link, P Michael ^a   Schilling, Janpeter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Human security; Integrative framework; Societal stability; Violent conflict; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873905318     PISSN: 19187173     EISSN: 19187181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/res.v4n5p1     Document Type: Review

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