Population size, concentration, and civil war. A geographically disaggregated analysis

Auteurs :
RALEIGH, C.
HEGRE, H.

Description :
The paper surveys three sets of hypotheses put forward in the conflict literature regarding the relationship between the size and location of population groups. They are based on population mass and concentrations, distances, and some residual state-level characteristics. The analysis covers 14 countries of Central Africa. The conflict event data are juxtaposed with geographically disaggregated data on populations, distance to capitals , borders, and road networks. The risk of conflict events increases with local population size, and is large in highly populous locations within a country.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Political geography, issn : 0962-6298, 2009, vol. 28, n°. 4, p. 224-238, nombre de pages : 15, Références bibliographiques : 25 ref.

Date :
2009

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann