Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 46: 51-55, doi: 10.3897/jbgs.e87743
Examining the shifting role of the human in disaster studies
expand article infoJulia Cardwell‡
‡ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States of America

Corresponding author: Julia Cardwell ( jmcard@email.unc.edu )

Academic editor: Kliment Naydenov
© Julia Cardwell.
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Citation: Cardwell J (2022) Examining the shifting role of the human in disaster studies. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 46: 51-55. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.e87743
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Abstract
This review essay considers the development of the field of disaster studies and specifically, examines the myriad ways in which the role of the human has shifted during this development. The essay focuses on four major periods of development within disaster studies, including: the hazard-risk paradigm, the bounded rationality paradigm, the concept of social vulnerability and critiques of social vulnerability.
Keywords
disaster studies, natural hazards, social vulnerability, human environment interactions