The number of natural disasters is zero: commentary to “is the number of global natural disasters increasing?”

David Oliver Kasdan; Youngdal Son; Hangul Lee

doi:10.1007/s11069-025-07245-9

The number of natural disasters is zero: commentary to “is the number of global natural disasters increasing?”

David Oliver Kasdan
, Youngdal Son
, Hangul Lee

Graduate School of Governance

Sungkyunkwan University

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Abstract

Alimonti and Mariani’s (2024) recent publication, ‘Is the number of global natural disasters increasing?’ raised our hackles, insofar as it headlines an antiquated term and then attempts to stifle the lived experience of disasters in favor of an alternative accounting method. Therefore, we take the article to task on two counts: the term ‘natural disaster’ and the intentions of the study itself.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11209-11213
Number of pages	5
Journal	Natural Hazards
Volume	121
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07245-9
State	Published - May 2025

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Disasters
Perception
Risk communication

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