Citation

Mitchell JK. Int. J. Mass Emerg. Disasters 1992; 10(2): 269-279.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, International Sociological Association, International Research Committee on Disasters)

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Abstract

This paper briefly explores and comments on three interrelated themes: the natural riskiness of the Pacific Basin; recent changes in patterns of disaster; and trends in society and environment that may affect the potential for future disasters. Losses of life due to disasters appear to be declining in recent decades throughout much of the region except in Latin America and Southeast Asia, where they may be increasing. Environmental and societal changes in the Basin are likely to produce new types of disaster potential that may modify historical patterns of disaster.