Teaching hazards by geographers: A decade of change

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-85

  Cross, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazards courses; Hazards education; Hazards geography; Teaching

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; STUDENT; TEACHING; TEXTBOOK;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951482199     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2009.0002     Document Type: Article

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