
Benedikt M. Orlowski
ORCID:0000-0002-7082-4828
Benedikt M. Orlowski, born in 1979, works as a research associate at the Department for Urban Research and Statistics in Nürnberg. The human geographer did his doctorate at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and is a member of the working group on »Cultures and Disasters« at the local Institute for Geography. In 2015, he co-edited a volume on Cultures and Disasters which has become a seminal book in its field. His research focus is on human geography, particularly the geography of risk and cross-disciplinary approaches to volcanic risk, and risk and the media.
transcript-Publikationen in den Bereichen: Geographie, Gesellschaft - Umwelt - Forschung
Publikationen in den Reihen: Sozial- und Kulturgeographie
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Rivalling Disaster Experiences
Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Abstract
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1. Preface: A Volcano Named 'Cabrón'
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2. Introduction: The Seismo-Volcanic Crisis of El Hierro
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3. The Study Area: El Hierro, Canary Islands
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4. A Scientist's View on Volcanic Risks on El Hierro, Canary Islands
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5. Culturally Borne Disasters
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6. Geography of Risk Inspired by a Pragmatist Notion of Praxis
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7. Research Design and Methodological Approach
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8. Disaster Experiences in Rivalling Fields of Practice
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9. Conclusion: Disaster Experiences Emerging from Rivalling Fields of Practice
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References
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Illustration Index
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Index of Tables
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Abbreviations
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List of Interviews
Seiten 271 - 278