Chapter Six Concluding Remarks – Towards the fourth wave of Memory Studies?
According to a 2021 study by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), more than 11,000 disasters attributed to weather, climate, and water-related hazards occurred between 1970 and 2019, accounting for just over 2 million deaths and US$3.64 trillion in losses. Since 1940, natural disasters have been increasingly on the rise (Munang et al. 2013) and it is likely that climate change will further increase both the frequency and intensity of such disasters in the coming century (Bates et al. 2008; Preston et al. 2006). As a shared experience, natural disasters oftentimes become part of the collective narrative of trauma, loss, and survival, culminating in various ...
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