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What is the current standard definition of a disaster? Is there a consensus in literature? Does a disaster by definition kill people? Fsikkema ( talk) 17:12, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Examples of natural hazards include: avalanche, coastal flooding, cold wave, drought, earthquake, hail, heat wave, hurricane (tropical cyclone), ice storm, landslide, lightning, riverine flooding, strong wind, tornado, tsunami, volcanic activity, wildfire, winter weather.[6] Anthropogenic hazards can be grouped into societal hazards (criminality, civil disorder, terrorism, war, industrial hazards, engineering hazards, power outage, fire; hazards caused by transportation and environmental hazards. 106.51.242.229 ( talk) 14:44, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
The closest we have to scholarly consensus argues that disasters result from the interaction between hazard systems and human systems, which make all disasters inherently man made. The current description gives this some credit, but still argues for the natural vs man made dichotomy. I think the wording of "difficult to draw" is misinterpreting the issue with the natural vs man made discussion.
I think it would be more accurate to lead with a description that disasters are human caused (i.e. a tornado is not a disaster until it produces human impacts), and than follow that with a section detail how it is still common to find the natural vs man made dichotomy discussed.
Additionally, I think this article needs a clearer link to disaster vulnerability, which describes a community, individuals, or organizations capacity to experience the negative impacts of disasters.
Finally, my question re: the responses section of the disaster list, is, who is this for? what unit of analysis (individual, organizational, government) is this intended for? Risky Bussiness ( talk) 21:56, 8 December 2022 (UTC)