Sea Wall Politics: Uneven and Combined Protection of the Nile Delta Coastline in the Face of Sea Level Rise

Critical Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 803-832

  Malm, Andreas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; Egypt; revolution; sea level rise; uneven and combined apocalypse; uneven and combined development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887277111     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920512437054     Document Type: Article

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