Citation

Alix-Garcia J, Bartlett A, Saah D. J. Econ. Geogr. 2013; 13(4): 589-617.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/jeg/lbs044

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article examines spatial changes in production in the presence of civil conflict. A simple model predicts land abandonment which increases with proximity to insecurity, and welfare losses to rural land owners. The model also predicts that food aid can buffer the land-use change impacts generated by war. Spatial data on land use, violent events, displaced populations and aid from 2001-2007 corroborate these predictions in Darfur, Sudan. The results suggest large disruptions in short-term production, with abandonment of agriculture far from the cities, and intensification of land use on their periphery.

Language: en