A New Assessment to Measure the Risk Levels Between Natural Disasters
and SocioEconomic-Political Disasters
Abstract
In this paper, we attempt to analyse and compare the magnitudes of
destruction caused by natural disasters versus socio-economic-political
disasters around the world. To do so, we deploy a multi-disciplinary
approach that encompasses history, politics, sociology, and
economics (Ruiz Estrada, 2011 and 2017). In the methodological
discussion, we propose using
quantitative and qualitative methods simultaneously to systematically
evaluate different type of disasters. In this context, we propose a new
analytical tool: “The General Disasters Final Impact Simulator”
(GDFI-Simulator). Finally, we apply the GDFI-Simulator to Africa,
America, Asia, Europe and Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries.