Under Threat of Fire. Issue 2 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rowley, Rex J.
• Is Part Of: GeoHumanities. Volume 6:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 424
• Page End: 431
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: auto-geography -- disaster -- sense of place -- wildfire; 自动地理学 -- 灾害 -- 地方感知 -- 野火; auto-geografía -- desastre -- incendio forestal -- sentido de lugar; Arts and geography -- Periodicals; Human geography -- Periodicals; 304.2
• DOI: 10.1080/2373566X.2020.1778501
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-566X

Abstract

Abstract : This auto-geographical, sense of place essay represents one approach to understanding a personal attachment to a location that has been disrupted by time and a destructive wildfire. It is written in the context of increased frequency of natural and human-caused disasters and a growing literature engaging the impact of disasters on place. It is an attempt to illustrate how a personal essay can be an important venue through which geographers can explore longstanding disciplinary themes of human interaction with place and the physical environment.