South African Riots: Repercussion of the Global Food Crisis and US Drought

Understanding Complex Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 261-267

  Bar Yam, Yavni ^a   Lagi, Marco ^a   Bar Yam, Yaneer ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND COMPLEX SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food Price; Platinum Mine; Price Peak; Social Unrest; Wheat Price

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024500009     PISSN: 18600832     EISSN: 18600840     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1705-1_14     Document Type: Chapter

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