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(Cascading) Impacts
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Definition
Cascading impacts are those in which the impact of a physical event or the development of an initial technological or human failure generates a sequence of events in human subsystems that results in physical, social or economic disruption.
Thus, an initial impact can trigger other phenomena that lead to consequences with significant magnitudes.
Source
Pescaroli, G., & Alexander, D. (2015). A definition of cascading disasters and cascading effects: Going beyond the “toppling dominos” metaphor. Planet@ risk, 3(1), 58-67.
See also: Disaster Impact
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