Geography has been a central element in shaping conflict through the ages, and is especially important in determining which states fight, why they fight, when they fight, and more importantly, where they fight. Despite this, conflict literature has primarily focused on human geography while largely ignoring the geospatial context of ‘where' conflict occurs, or crucially, doesn't occur. Territorial disputes are highly salient issues that quite often result in militarized disputes. Terrain has been key to mitigating conflict even in the face of major variance in state capability and power projection. In this study I investigate how terrain characteristics interact with power projection, opportunity, and willingness and the impact this has across territorial disputes. Exploring terrain's interaction with these concepts and its effect among different types of conflict furthers our understanding of the questions listed above.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1157600 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Burggren, Tyler Matthew Goodman |
| Contributors | Hensel, Paul R., Ishiyama, John, Mason, T. David |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 37 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Burggren, Tyler Matthew Goodman, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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