A contextual model of natural hazard.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: OCT 1989Description: 20p., refs appear throughout, 2 figsSubject: The severest storm to affect southern England during the past 250 years occurred in mid-October 1987. Despite heavy losses in politically strategic areas, improvements in hazard-management policies were not discussed or adopted after the storm because its impact was overshadowed by other events associated with more pressing problems. The experience of this event shows that a natural hazard is strongly modified by environmental, sociocultural, economic, and political contexts in which it occurs. A contextual model of natural hazard is proposed.
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.3492 MIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005324017 | ||
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | F363.3492 MIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 900051450 |
Reprinted from The Geographical Review; October 1989; vol. 79 no. 4; pp. 391-409
The severest storm to affect southern England during the past 250 years occurred in mid-October 1987. Despite heavy losses in politically strategic areas, improvements in hazard-management policies were not discussed or adopted after the storm because its impact was overshadowed by other events associated with more pressing problems. The experience of this event shows that a natural hazard is strongly modified by environmental, sociocultural, economic, and political contexts in which it occurs. A contextual model of natural hazard is proposed.
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