Natech

Over the summer, I read a few articles connected to disasters.

The events in Nepal and Tibet over the last few weeks have led to a renewed focus on disaster preparedness and relief.

We also had some remarkable news of people found alive in the mud-choked tunnels of an HEP scheme.


One word which has emerged in several of these articles is natech. This relates to the impact on technology.

Natech accidents are technological side effects of natural disasters: a natural disaster leads to a cascading technological disaster, accumulating its consequences.

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