Occurrence and overlap of natural disasters, complex emergencies and epidemics during the past decade (1995–2004)
Open Access
- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Conflict and Health
- Vol. 1 (1), 2
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1505-1-2
Abstract
The fields of expertise of natural disasters and complex emergencies (CEs) are quite distinct, with different tools for mitigation and response as well as different types of competent organizations and qualified professionals who respond. However, natural disasters and CEs can occur concurrently in the same geographic location, and epidemics can occur during or following either event. The occurrence and overlap of these three types of events have not been well studied.Keywords
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