City on fire: The role of extortion in urban fires.
Most of the literature on fires focuses on the wild or rural environment. Nevertheless, urban fires, and in particular those related to criminal activity, have recently begun to receive greater attention. This study focuses on the analysis of fires in shopping malls, public markets and businesses in...
| Published in: | Geographical Journal Vol. 190; no. 4; pp. 1 - 20 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2024
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