Projections of increasing intensity and frequency of atlantic hurricanes with even stronger
storm surges coupled with increased population density along the US coast set the stage for …

This book takes a Lacanian, and related post-structuralist perspective to demythologize ten
of the most heavily utilised terms in spatial planning: rationality, the good, certainty, risk …

Relying on the fecund interface of three fields—studies in science, risk geography, and
knowledge management—this paper notes first that the lack of understanding of the …

The concept of vulnerability is increasingly used in the fields of disaster risk reduction and
climate change adaptation, as well as socioeconomic studies. This paper reviews research …

The assessment of vulnerability has moved to centre-stage of the debate between different
scientific disciplines related to climate change and disaster risk management. Composed by …

Vulnerability assessment is considered as a key step towards effective disaster risk
reduction. It is multi-dimensional, and its assessment is complicated due to the social …

Geographic research on environmental justice and risk is moving beyond its conventional
focus on proximity and spatial distribution, increasingly recognizing multiple spatialities …

The concept of riskscapes refers to temporalspatial phenomena that relate risk, space and
practice. It links the material dimension of potential physical threats, the discursive …

Two themes dominate this year's report: calculation and territory. Both of these are larger
issues than cartography itself, but cartography has been increasingly drawn into their ambit …

Contemporary cities and their residents are currently facing phenomenal mounting levels of
evolving risk and vulnerability stemming, inter alia, from social polarization, the growth of …