Natural hazards An evolving tradition in applied geography

Geographic research on natural hazards has a long history starting with a focus on physical processes and moving forward with an increased recognition of the interactions between the physical and human environments This special issue on natural hazards presents papers that Illustrate a variety of areas of applied hazards research from the physical to the socio-economic as well as the array of approaches and techniques utilized from the quantitative to the qualitative (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved