Disastrous natural hazards, both fast and slow, and violent conflicts affect many people worldwide, often impacting already fragile environments and conservation areas. These crises have significant political, economic, and social implications that can reverse development gains, further entrench poverty and inequality, thereby increasing the risk for future crises.
Sub-areas
- Humanitarian Crises
- Social Vulnerability
- Natural Resources
- Outbreaks
- Environmental Security
- Community Conservation
- Protected Areas
- Wildlife Economy
- Complex Emergencies
- Land Use and Land Cover Change
Courses
- GEO2006: Natural Hazards Geography
- GEO6375: Land Change Science Seminar
- GEO6931: Seminar in Cultural and Political Ecology
- GIS4324/6325: GIS Analysis of Hazard Vulnerability
- GEO4285 Water, Risk, and Extreme Events
- GEO4306C: Geography of Vector-borne Diseases
- GEO3352: Human Footprint on the Landscape
- GEO4938/6938: Parks and People
- GEO4300: Environmental Biogeography
- GEO3372: Conservation Resources
- GEO3341/6348: Extreme Floods
- GEO3930: Extreme Droughts
- GEO3930: Pandemics
- MET4532/6530: Hurricanes
- GIS2002: The Digital Earth
- GEO3454: Peoples and Plagues
- GEO3930: Geopolitics of Violence