Why We Can No Longer Ignore Consecutive Disasters

摘要: In recent decades, a striking number of countries have suffered from consecutive disasters: events whose impacts overlap both spatially and temporally, while recovery is still under way. The risk disasters will increase due to growing exposure, the interconnectedness human society, increased frequency intensity nontectonic hazard. This paper provides an overview different types disasters, their causes, impacts. can be distinctly occurring in isolation (both temporally) other noting that full never occurs. We use existing empirical disaster databases show global probabilistic occurrence for selected hazard types. Current state-of-the art assessment models outputs do not allow thorough representation analysis disasters. mainly many challenges are introduced by addressing combining hazards nature, accounting interactions dynamics. Disaster management needs more holistic codesigned between researchers, policy makers, first responders, companies.