Dominey-Howes, Dale
University of New South Wales
Australia
Dale Dominey-Howes is Associate Professor and Director of the Australia – Pacific Natural Hazards Research Lab at UNSW. A ‘hazards geographer’, his research occurs at the interface between physical earth system sciences and the socio-economic-cultural space in which hazards become disasters
Contributions
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ArticlesIntroduction The aim of this paper is to examine whether recent catastrophic tsunamis have driven a cultural shift in the awareness of Australians to the danger associated with this natural hazard and whether the media have contributed to the emergence of “tsunami” as a new Australian catastrophe.Read more
