Flood damage as seen from the sky over Tokomaru Bay around the Mangahauini river. Photo: RNZ / Ashleigh McCaull
In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle and the flooding in February, we talk to policy adviser and professor Bruce Glavovic about his global career in critical disaster studies.
South Africa-born Glavovic is an advocate for the importance of looking at not just the geography but the human geography of disaster-prone regions - what are the root causes that make some communities more vulnerable than others in the face of a changing climate?
Listen to this week's Voices podcast episode in which Bruce Glavovic talks to Kadambari Raghukumar:
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