Rethinking Climate Change, Conflict and Security

Geopolitics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 747-756

  Selby, Jan ^a   Hoffmann, Clemens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84912047367     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650045.2014.964866     Document Type: Editorial

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