Editorial: Hazards and Disasters: Learning, Teaching, Communication and Knowledge Exchange

Matthieu Kervyn,Martin Haigh,Lindsey McEwen

doi:10.4000/belgeo.16397

Abstract

Geography’s ‘unique selling point’, alongside its concern for spatial relationships, is its ability to unite social and environmental perspectives. Amidst a large literature, Ravi Singh (2009, p. 2) suggests, “The general trends in the history of geographical thoughts do suggest our discipline’s guiding principle has been its integrated perspective under which human and physical (natural) domains are simultaneously considered interconnected and interrelated”. He also suggests that a key item ...

Highlights

Evaluate the discharge and stream power of these flash floods in four ungauged catchments
There is nowhere free from hazard; there will always be disasters to fill the newspaper headlines and much of the media analysis will remain shallow. This thematic issue of Belgeo demonstrates that risk is the co-production of social, political, cultural, psychological, physical, environmental and stochastic processes, and that the outcomes of risk management are affected by complex interactions, which determine the character of preparedness, management and reaction
It shows how future hazards may be constrained using a range of historical, geomorphological or sedimentological approaches and how the limitations of these data should be addressed before their translation into risk management strategies

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Evaluate the discharge and stream power of these flash floods in four ungauged catchments. Hazards and Disasters: Learning, Teaching, Communication and Knowledge Exchange Editorial: Hazards and Disasters: Learning, Teaching, Communication and Knowledge Exchange

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