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Jun 1, 2023 · The calamitous event is the enduring object of disaster studies. Without an event—identified, experienced, perceived or otherwise—there can be no disaster. Yet that rather obvious statement is where commonality or agreement ends.
Recent events around the world—wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington State in 2020 and eastern Australia in 2019-20, the six quakes of 6.0 m or greater in Indonesia in 2018 and the COVID-19 global pandemic in 2020—suggest there is no shortage of calamitous events, some more predictable than others.
Sep 30, 2021 · Using the country of Nepal as an example (Box 1), we highlight how climate change can further intensify this triple burden of communicable disease, NCDs and injuries, adding to the ...
- Mitesh Karn, Muna Sharma
- 2021
Oct 20, 2021 · The objective of this monographic issue is to explore the risk profile on natural disasters of the Southeast Asia region aggregating relevant and updated information about the most common natural...
Mar 31, 2023 · The calamitous event is the enduring object of disaster studies. Without an event — identi ed, experienced, perceived or oth- erwise — there can be no disaster.
Jul 31, 2020 · We discuss key terms, analytical details, and concepts that clarify the analysis of catastrophic incidents. Those concepts include scenario, paradigm, and plausibility. We discuss and exemplify how the effect of catastrophic incidents can practically be assessed...
In 2021, climate change-related disasters in Cuba cost a total of 100 million U.S. dollars. In August 2021, hurricane Ida and two other extreme storms comprised the three climate...
