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So true! Though perhaps a better understanding is that natural extreme events become disasters due to a) poor town planning: we built things in locations that were simply unsafe from hazards such as landslides and tsunamis b) poor quality construction: we failed to enforce building codes to ensure that buildings were constructed adequately for hazards such as earthquakes and cyclone's c) poor preparedness: we were inadequately prepared to reduce risk for coming events and respond appropriately when they occurred. These are the the things that cause a natural event to become a disaster, but the real issue is the underlying sociological factors that allow these three things to happen. Growing income inequity (poverty), increasing unregulated urbanisation, corruption, nepotism, degradation of ecosystems etc I believe there are two layers to this problem and we need to work on both.

Good point United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Hazards like #floods, #landslides, #sinkholes, and #droughts become disasters when they affect vulnerable communities. #Poverty forces people to live in high-risk areas with weak infrastructure, leaving them exposed. #Inequality limits access to education, healthcare, and protective infrastructure, making recovery harder. #Poor_governance leads to weak disaster preparedness, corruption, and slow emergency response, worsening impacts. #Ecosystem_degradation (deforestation, land misuse) reduces nature’s ability to absorb shocks, increasing destruction. Without forests to prevent landslides or wetlands to absorb floods, disasters become more severe. Addressing these issues is key to turning hazards into manageable risks instead of disasters. GEORESILIENCE ?

Environmental education, focused only in and on science and sound policy and exempt from political corruption and ideological interference/intrusion, is key to help prevent and properly manage massive disasters of nature. Since the late 70s until today, I have witnessed how overpopulation has been a key factor or player for this phenomenon. No doubt that causes are exacerbated by humans and corrupt governments but natural and homeostatic sources of disasters have existed for 4.5 billion years because of the fabric of the universe, the planetary system and the earth itself.

This makes so much sense. Also by increasing organisational and community preparedness, capability and funding in the prevention and preparedness space we can prevent hazards from becoming disasters.

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Love the sentiment that disasters a human made. Working together to coordinate the humans to do better at relieving human and planet suffering when these happen is something we can do today. There is a place to do this. Aid Arena supports year round conversation, collaboration, planning and combined response for disaster teams including risk analysts. We could use more UN representation. Join us?

Absolutely! It’s crucial we acknowledge the role human activity plays in disasters. Prevention starts with understanding and addressing those human factors.

Very informative. Please, I need a PhD program in Environmental Management to deal with flood disaster risk reduction since disaster risk reduction is embedded in environmental management activities

Indeed, the oil spill in the Black Sea last December was actually more of a natural disaster than most of the events we typically call that way.