Research paper
Introducing Stories Into Downward Counterfactual Analysis: Examples From a Potential Mediterranean Disaster
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- Introducing Stories Into Downward Counterfactual Analysis: Examples From a Potential Mediterranean Disaster
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How to recognise potential disasters is a question at the centre of risk analysis. Over-reliance on an incomplete, often epistemologically-biased, historical record, and a focus on quantified and quantifiable risks, have contributed to unanticipated disasters dominating both casualties and financial losses in the first part of the 21st century. Here we present the findings of an online workshop implementing a new scenario-planning method, called downward counterfactual analysis, which is desi...
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- Research paper
- Research format
- Journal article
- Date created
- 2022
- Creator
- Walshe R / Baker H / van Soest H / Dryhurst S / Taylor ARE / Penney, Camilla
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- https://hdl.handle.net/10092/103745
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- risk analysis / downward counterfactual / disasters / Eastern Mediterranean / earthquake / tsunami / Black Swan / uncertainty / Earth sciences / Physical geography and environmental geoscience / Natural hazards / Engineering / Engineering practice and education / Risk engineering / Human society / Development studies / Humanitarian disasters, conflict and peacebuilding / Environmental engineering / Health and ecological risk assessment
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Copyright © 2022 Penney, Walshe, Baker, van Soest, Dryhurst and Taylor. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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