TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ismail-Zadeh, Alik
T1  - Natural hazards and climate change are not drivers of disasters
Y1  - 2021-11-10
VL  - 111
IS  - 2
SP  - 2147
EP  - 2154
JF  - Natural Hazards
DO  - 10.1007/s11069-021-05100-1
PB  - Springer Netherlands
N2  - Many nations face challenges in assessing, understanding, and responding to the time-dependent nature of disaster risk. Changes in the intensity of occurrences of extreme events coupled with changes in vulnerability and exposure alter the impacts of natural hazards on society in mostly negative ways. Here an interrelationship between natural hazard (NH), climate change (CC), vulnerability (V), exposure (E), and decisionmaking (DM) is considered. While NHs trigger disasters and CC is likely to intensify occurrences of disasters, V and E present major drivers of disasters. Informed DM on disaster risk reduction should be based on scientific evidence from NH and CC, knowledge of V and E, and relevant options for actions on preventive disaster measures as a part of preparedness and public awareness.
UR  - http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/11041
ER  -