In contemporary academia, disasters are seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. These risks are the product of a combination of both hazards and vulnerability. Hazards that strike in areas with low vulnerability will never become disasters, as is the case in uninhabited regions.
Samuel de Champlain (French: [samÉ¥Él dÉ ÊÉÌplÉÌ] born Samuel Champlain; on or before August 13, 1574 â December 25, 1635), The Father of New France, was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the American fantasy novelist, see Charles G. Finney. Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 â August 16, 1875) was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States.He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism.Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist during the period 1825â1835 in upstate New York and Manhattan, an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology, an advocate of Christian perfectionism, and a religious writer.e has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism. Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist during the period 1825â1835 in upstate New York and Manhattan, an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology, an advocate of Christian perfectionism, and a religious writer.