Relationship between culture and risk: Examples from Hunza, Pakistan

He has worked in Hunza, Pakistan, in the Karakoram, mainly in Shimshal, a rural community of about 1500 people. Most of his research has focused on social organisation and social change in this community, especially in the context of trans-cultural interactions. A by-product of these interests has been some peripheral attention to natural hazards and the way people understand and cope with them.

It is a briefly text about three sets of hazards the community has faced, each of which has its important cultural dimensions.