Disaster and the Importance of Place

By Stacey Balsdon Hurricane Katrina hit ground in New Orleans in 2005, yet its magnitude and the devastation it caused has … More

A physical hazard and human problem

I-Hsien Porter This year’s hurricane season is drawing to a close, with the east coast of the USA receiving its … More

By Kelly Wakefield Hurrican Irene, the tropical storm which this week hit the headlines due to its path along the … More

By Richard Gravelle As Haiti continues to suffer following the January 2010 earthquake, and Christchurch, New Zealand is rebuilt, the … More

I-Hsien Porter Referring to the ongoing heatwave in Russia and floods in Pakistan, a broadsheet newspaper recently printed an article … More

By Andy Hacket Pain This morning I typed “flooding” into Google News and, limiting the results to the last week, … More

By Georgia Davis Conover As oil comes ashore on the US Gulf Coast from the British Petroleum drilling accident, the … More

Announcing a new event in The Royal Geographical Society’s 21st Century Challenges series. The earth is a hazardous place; natural … More