Natural disasters, resilience-building, and risk: achieving sustainable cities and human settlements

Muhammad Tariq Iqbal Khan (), Sofia Anwar, Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie (), Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen (), Abdul Majeed Nadeem () and Qamar Ali ()
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Muhammad Tariq Iqbal Khan: Government College University
Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie: Nord University Business School (HHN)
Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen: Government College University
Abdul Majeed Nadeem: Government College University
Qamar Ali: Virtual University of Pakistan

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2023, vol. 118, issue 1, No 25, 640 pages

Abstract: Abstract Reducing natural disasters and their related economic losses remains critical to achieving sustainable development. However, there is a lack of comprehensive studies that assess sustainable cities and human settlements in efforts to attain sustainable development goal 11.5. Here, the present research explains the effect of disaster risk and disaster resilience on human loss due to natural disasters (deaths, injured, and affected) in 90 countries spanning 1995 to 2019. We develop global risk and resilience indices through IMF index-making steps across 24 high, 24 upper-middle, 30 lower-middle, and 12 low-income countries. The negative binomial regression shows an increase in disaster-related loss to human beings (deaths, injured, and affected) due to disaster risk in all panels. The empirical results reveal a favorable impact of disaster resilience––resilience declines disaster-related losses in developed countries. We observe that focusing on basic infrastructure, economic stability, public awareness, hygiene practices, ICT, and effective institutions leads to disaster resilience, mitigation, and speedy post-disaster recovery. Due to the insignificant impact of resilience in developing countries, high-income countries could provide financial resources, modern and DRR technologies, especially to low-income economies. This study encourages countries to follow seven targets and four dimensions of the Sendai Framework to enhance disaster resilience.

Keywords: Disaster risk reduction; Index-making; Natural disasters; Negative binomial regression; Resilience; Sendai framework 2015–30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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