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COPING WITH CATASTROPHE:
INNOVATION AND INTEGRATION
RGS/IBG Annual Conference
University of Plymouth, UK
2-5 January 2001
Session organised jointly by DARG and MRG
***CALL FOR PAPERS***
The world is becoming increasingly vulnerable to humanitarian tragedies with a natural trigger. This is especially so in regions susceptible to environmental extremes or change: mountains, coastal zones, flood plains and areas of food insecurity. People with generations of experience of living in these regions have often developed ways of ensuring the long-term survival of their families and communities. Yet catastrophes appear to be increasing in number.
There are number of possible explanations, typically linked in complex ways: growing populations, but often with the loss of the most active adult males; increased urbanisation with inequitable access to safe land and secure buildings; immigration of people without long-standing experience and, often, inappropriate land use practices; increased commercial land use/resource extraction (e.g., clearcut logging) and increased numbers of extreme events, possibly linked to global climate change.
This joint-session of the Developing Areas Research Group (DARG) and the Mountain Research Group (MRG) will explore these issues in urban and rural contexts of the so-called developing world. Papers are encouraged that draw from physical as well as human geographical traditions and especially from interdisciplinary approaches. There is an opportunity to publish papers in an edited volume.
Submissions of a title and abstract of 200 words, should be
sent by 14 July to:
Mark Pelling, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool,
email: [log in to unmask]
or
Stephan Harrison, Department of Geography, Coventry University,
email: [log in to unmask]
For an updated conference programme see www.plymouth.ac.uk/departments/geography
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