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The co-evolution of historical source materials in the geophysical, hydrological and meteorological sciences
- Source :
- Progress in Physical Geography
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2017.
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Abstract
- Historical data sources are used by a wide variety of disciplines, but rarely do they look outside their particular research fields at how others are using and applying historical data. The use and application of historical data has grown rapidly over the last couple of decades within the meteorological, geophysical and hydrological disciplines, but have done so relatively independently. By coevolving, each discipline has developed separate themes or areas, with varying degrees of uptake beyond their academic communities. We find that whilst the geophysical discipline has been relatively successful in engaging with international policymakers and stakeholders, this has not been reflected within the meteorological or hydrological disciplines to date. This disparity has occurred for a variety of reasons, including varying scales of disaster and social, political and cultural structures. In examining current developments within the disciplines, evidence suggests that this disparity is lessening, as each are using online databases and some citizen science, but that they continue to evolve independently with little unifying structure or purpose. This continued autonomy makes multi-hazard analysis challenging which, considering the potential that historical datasets present in the emerging field of multi-hazards analysis, is a considerable hindrance to this field of research. In looking forward, opportunities emerge for improved understanding of the risks presented to societies by natural hazards in the past, but also for examining how resilience, behaviour and adaptation alter during periods of repose.
- Subjects :
- 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
business.industry
05 social sciences
Geography, Planning and Development
Environmental resource management
0507 social and economic geography
01 natural sciences
Variety (cybernetics)
Geography
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Resilience (network)
business
050703 geography
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14770296 and 03091333
- Volume :
- 42
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....446478e1cfcc2fb48c5632aa771094b8