Geography and Environmental Hazards

Geography and environmental hazards combines the broad spatial and environmental perspective of geography with a focused examination of the natural and human processes that create risk and disaster. Environmental hazards, including earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and climate-related events, are among the most consequential challenges facing human societies, and understanding them requires both physical science knowledge and an appreciation of how human decisions, land use, and infrastructure interact with natural processes to produce vulnerability or resilience.

At Coventry University, this three-year, full-time degree gives you the tools to investigate that interaction rigorously. You will study physical geography, human geography, and the specific sciences of natural hazard processes alongside the policy, planning, and risk management frameworks that shape how societies prepare for and respond to disaster. Geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis are central to the programme, developing your ability to work with the digital tools that are now fundamental to hazard assessment, disaster response planning, and environmental consultancy.

A sandwich year, a year abroad, and a work placement are all available, giving you the opportunity to apply your skills in professional settings and to experience hazard contexts in different parts of the world. The typical entry tariff of 104 points reflects an accessible approach to a practically oriented degree.

Graduates of geography and environmental hazards find careers in risk management, environmental consultancy, local and national government emergency planning, international disaster response organisations, climate adaptation agencies, and insurance and financial sectors that price and manage natural catastrophe risk. GIS skills are in high demand across environmental and planning roles more broadly. Many graduates also go on to postgraduate study in environmental hazards, disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, or related fields, developing specialist expertise for research or professional roles.