Geographical risks and their impact on society: threats and disasters

Authors

  • Francisco J. Ferrando A.

Abstract

Risks are a social construction in the sense that man settles and or builds on inadequate places and in an inadequate ways, concerning the dynamics of nature and the more frequent hazards.

Keywords:

Geographical risks, natural disasters, human disasters.

Author Biography

Francisco J. Ferrando A.

Académico del Departamento de Geografía de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Chile.