Environmental geopolitics in the twenty-first century

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Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-16

  Dalby, Simon ^a  

^a BALSILLIE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

anthropocene; climate; geology; geopolitics; globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919778725     PISSN: 03043754     EISSN: 21633150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0304375414558355     Document Type: Review

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