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The Annual Global Incidence Rate of Extreme Weather Event Disasters Appears Positively Correlated with World GDP, 1961-2020.

Mark E KeimThomas More SmithFrederick M Burkle
Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2022)
The global incidence of four extreme weather (hydrometeorological) disasters appear to be positively associated with world real GDP during 1961-2020. These findings contradict previous postulates that the risk of disaster incidence is inversely associated with the capacity of the population.
Keyphrases
  • risk factors
  • climate change