Close-up on renewable resources and armed conflict: The spatial logic of pastoralist violence in Northern Kenya

Political Geography

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-65

  Detges, Adrien ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Northern Kenya; Pastoralist violence; Renewable resources; Spatial conflict analysis

Indexed keywords

PASTORALISM; RANGELAND; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SECURITY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

KENYA;

EID: 84906691815     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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