Sustained drought, vulnerability and civil conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Political Geography

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-26

  Von Uexkull, Nina ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Natural Disaster Science (CNDS)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Civil conflict; Climate change; Drought; Rainfed agriculture; Sub Saharan Africa; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; DROUGHT; INCOME; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VIOLENCE; VULNERABILITY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84912033923     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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