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Mar 21, 2024 · Here are five reasons that challenge the notion of disasters as natural occurrences. Humans have an influence on disaster impacts. Contrary to popular belief, natural hazards alone do not result in disasters. When they intersect with human activities and vulnerable assets, these hazards turn into catastrophic events.
We review findings from the last decade of research on the effects of disasters, concentrating on three important themes: the differences between the recovery of places versus people, the need to differentiate between short- and long-term recovery trajectories, and the changing role of government and how it has exacerbated inequality in ...
Chapter 6 discusses the effects of disasters. It distinguishes between effects in the immediate aftermath of the disaster – mortality and demographic recovery; land loss and capital destruction; economic crisis; and blame, scapegoating, and social unrest – and longer-term structural consequences – societal collapse; economic ...
Jul 5, 2021 · Disasters aren’t natural, and neither is climate change. Our changing climate is making large weather events like droughts, hurricanes, droughts and wildfires worse.
Sep 13, 2022 · This paper provides a comprehensive set of methodologies that have been used in the literature to give a monetary value to the human impact in a natural disaster setting. Four databases were searched for relevant published and gray literature documents with a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Feb 14, 2022 · There is a general consensus among scholars that civilian populations that are more prepared for emergencies are more capable of better reacting during the materialization of varied adversities, making them more resilient (2, 3).
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Jun 5, 2019 · This study provides strong additional empirical evidence for the frailty of the distinction between natural and human-made disasters, showing how the nature of “natural disasters” is problematized among disaster scientists and disaster survivors alike.
