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The aviation sagas: geographies of volcanic risk
Article first published online: 3 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00458.x
© 2012 The Authors. The Geographical Journal © 2012 Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
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DONOVAN, A. R. and OPPENHEIMER, C. (2012), The aviation sagas: geographies of volcanic risk. The Geographical Journal, 178: 98–103. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00458.x
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- Issue published online: 4 MAY 2012
- Article first published online: 3 JAN 2012
- This paper was accepted for publication in November 2011
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Keywords:
- geography of risk;
- natural hazards;
- policy relevance
This commentary discusses several recent incidents involving intersecting human and physical geographies. It examines several volcanic crises that demonstrate the multiple uncertainties inherent in volcanic risk analysis, and the impact of these events on volcanology as a discipline. Its intertwined human and physical epistemologies are discussed. The commentary argues that the geography of risk is an important organising concept in a more detailed and layered assessment of the risk from geophysical hazards such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.