Aims
Geography and Environmental Hazards is an interdisciplinary Iranian research journal that highlights geographical themes such as the degree of geographical hazard in various regions, human exposure to risk, vulnerability, public awareness, disaster response, and planning strategies to mitigate the impacts of environmental hazards.
The journal also addresses the role of hazards in influencing development processes, particularly in developing countries, and engages with issues related to efficiency, social equity, and sustainability.
Scopes
The journal welcomes high-quality original research articles, review papers, short communications, case studies, methodological contributions, and applied research on the following topics:
- Geological and Geomorphological Hazards: Earthquakes, soil liquefaction, volcanic eruptions, lahars, tsunamis, land subsidence, landslides, lateral spreading, debris flows, rockfalls, mudflows, avalanches, soil piping, and related processes.
- Hydrological -geomorphological Hazards: Riverine floods, urban inundation, sea-level fluctuations, coastal erosion, water erosion, wind erosion, dune migration, salt weathering, saline water intrusion, desertification, and soil salinization.
- Climatic and Atmospheric Hazards: Climate change, dust storms, haboobs, firestorms, blizzards, tornadoes, extreme weather events, droughts, severe frosts, heatwaves, fog, lightning, cosmic radiation, and ultraviolet exposure.
- Bio-physical and Biological Hazards: Natural wildfires, agricultural frosts, allergies, viral outbreaks, food poisoning, epidemics, chronic diseases (e.g., cancer), plant pests and diseases, and insect infestations.
- Technological Hazards: Air, soil, and water pollution, industrial contamination, chemical hazards, noise pollution, nuclear radiation, electronic waste, radioactive waste, dam failures, transport accidents, fires, chemical spills, and anthropogenic construction hazards.
- Socio-cultural Hazards: Mental health crises, aggression, stress and depression, ethnic and social conflicts, theft, drug addiction, conventional and hybrid warfare, political unrest, border disputes, high-risk behaviors, and urban–rural vulnerabilities.
- Environmental Hazard Management: Crisis management, active and passive risk management, emergency response and rescue, post-disaster recovery, and strategic planning for hazard mitigation.
