Climate-conflict research: Some reflections on the way forward

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 269-275

  Buhaug, Halvard ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY;

ARMED CONFLICT; CLIMATIC CHANGES; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; OPERATIONAL ASPECTS; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84926523827     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.336     Document Type: Article

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