Cities and Conflict in Fragile States in the Developing World

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3065-3083

  Beall, Jo ^a   Goodfellow, Tom ^b   Rodgers, Dennis ^c  

^a BRITISH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; POLITICAL CONFLICT; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 84885984292     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013487775     Document Type: Article

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