A contextual model of natural hazard.

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Mitchell, James K

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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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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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