Compound, Cascading, or Complex Disasters: What's in a Name?

2018/10/26 by Susan L. Cutter · 240 citations
Health Professions · #Computer science #Disaster Response and Management

paper · doi:10.1080/00139157.2018.1517518

published in Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 60(6), 16-25 (Taylor & Francis)

openalex publication_date 2018/10/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/02

Abstract

How should we characterize catastrophic events like the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, or Hurricane Harvey in Houston, or Hurricanes Irma/Maria in Puerto Rico? Are these singular events? Multihaz...

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