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denaturalization of disaster: a standalone construct

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Hazards research

the thesis that so-called natural disasters result from human vulnerability shaped by social and economic conditions rather than from nature alone.

In hazards research, denaturalization of disaster refers to the thesis that so-called natural disasters result from human vulnerability shaped by social and economic conditions rather than from nature alone. This meaning comes from O'Keefe (1976) in Nature.[1]

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O'Keefe, P., Westgate, K., & Wisner, B. (1976). Taking the naturalness out of natural disasters. Nature, 260(5552), 566-567. https://doi.org/10.1038/260566a0

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