The landscape of conflict: IDPs, aid and land-use change in Darfur

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 589-617

  Alix Garcia, Jennifer ^a   Bartlett, Anne ^b   Saah, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c Spatial Informatics Group LLC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aid; Land use change; Population displacement; War and production

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FOOD AID; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDOWNER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODELING; RURAL SOCIETY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SOCIETY;

DARFUR; SUDAN;

EID: 84878919180     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs044     Document Type: Article

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