This paper investigates practices of border formation through an analysis of Australia’s quarantine processes. We use the work of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS), through the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS), to interrogate the ways in which borders are...

Understanding the nature and impacts of tsunamis within the Aegean Sea region ofGreece is of importance to both the academic community and those organisationsconcerned with tsunami disaster management. In order to determine hazard and riskand consequently pre-plan mitigative strategies, it is...

The Indian Ocean tsunami (IOT) of December 2004 has demonstrated that the coasts of Australia are vulnerable to tsunami flooding. As a consequence of the IOT, the Australian Federal Treasurer announced in 2005 that the Bureau of Meteorology and Geoscience Australia will jointly develop and...

In AD1762, a large earthquake originating within the Arakan Subduction Zone occurred. However, conflicting opinions exist as to whether this earthquake triggered a major regional tsunami in the northern Bay of Bengal (BoB) that struck southeast Bangladesh. This research aims to review and assess...