Natural Hazards and Disaster Geography
Natural hazards, disasters, and the geography of vulnerability and resilience worldwide.
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An exploration of the world's most seismically active regions, the physical mechanisms behind earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and how communities measure, prepare for, and live with the risks these hazards pose.
A survey of hurricanes, typhoons, and other severe storm systems, and the regions most exposed to their destructive power.
A survey of the world's major flood- and drought-prone regions, the hydrological forces that drive them, and the historic disasters, land-management failures, and infrastructure responses they have produced.
A survey of how fire shapes landscapes worldwide, from the ecology of fire-adapted forests and shrublands to the growing threat of catastrophic wildfires driven by suppression policy, urban sprawl, and a warming climate.
An exploration of how societies prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, from hazard mapping and early warning to humanitarian logistics, resilient infrastructure, and community-based preparedness.
How anthropogenic climate change is intensifying natural hazards worldwide, from extreme heat to glacial floods and sea-level rise, and why the resulting risks fall disproportionately on the world's most vulnerable communities.
How disease spreads across space, why some places suffer more than others, and the geographic forces — climate, mobility, urbanization, infrastructure, and cooperation — that shape public health outcomes worldwide.