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A framework for research on recurrent acute disasters
Disaster science examines the causes, behaviors, and consequences of hazardous events, from hurricanes to wildfires, flooding, and major industrial accidents. Individual disasters are recurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Recurrent acute disasters (RADs) are sequential disasters that...
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8906571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35263123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk2458 |
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author | Machlis, Gary E. Román, Miguel O. Pickett, Steward T. A. |
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description | Disaster science examines the causes, behaviors, and consequences of hazardous events, from hurricanes to wildfires, flooding, and major industrial accidents. Individual disasters are recurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Recurrent acute disasters (RADs) are sequential disasters that affect a specific locale over time. While disaster science has matured in recent years, understanding of the distinctive characteristics of RADs varies by discipline and lacks predictive power. A theoretical framework is presented by borrowing in part from mathematical topology and disturbance ecology. The recurrent disasters affecting Puerto Rico 2017–2020 are examined as a case example to test the framework. A key variable is the complex characteristics of legacy conditions created by one disaster that influence the effects of subsequent disasters. Substantial improvements in disaster response, recovery, and preparedness can be gained by adopting a RAD-based approach. |
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spelling | pubmed-89065712022-03-21 A framework for research on recurrent acute disasters Machlis, Gary E. Román, Miguel O. Pickett, Steward T. A. Sci Adv Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences Disaster science examines the causes, behaviors, and consequences of hazardous events, from hurricanes to wildfires, flooding, and major industrial accidents. Individual disasters are recurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Recurrent acute disasters (RADs) are sequential disasters that affect a specific locale over time. While disaster science has matured in recent years, understanding of the distinctive characteristics of RADs varies by discipline and lacks predictive power. A theoretical framework is presented by borrowing in part from mathematical topology and disturbance ecology. The recurrent disasters affecting Puerto Rico 2017–2020 are examined as a case example to test the framework. A key variable is the complex characteristics of legacy conditions created by one disaster that influence the effects of subsequent disasters. Substantial improvements in disaster response, recovery, and preparedness can be gained by adopting a RAD-based approach. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8906571/ /pubmed/35263123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk2458 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences Machlis, Gary E. Román, Miguel O. Pickett, Steward T. A. A framework for research on recurrent acute disasters |
title | A framework for research on recurrent acute disasters |
title_full | A framework for research on recurrent acute disasters |
title_fullStr | A framework for research on recurrent acute disasters |
title_full_unstemmed | A framework for research on recurrent acute disasters |
title_short | A framework for research on recurrent acute disasters |
title_sort | framework for research on recurrent acute disasters |
topic | Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8906571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35263123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk2458 |
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