The study of natural hazards, developed by geographers since the 1930's, continues to evolve in parallel with discussions of reflexive modernization and the Risk Society. There has not been, neither by geographers nor by sociologists, a systematic effort at dialog between these approaches. In this article, we intend to recuperate the ways geographers have employed the terms risk and danger, seeking to communicate with other theories of risk and the study of its implications for populations.
natural hazards; risk; hazard; Physical Geography
