Abstract:Disasters are fortunately uncommon events. Far more common are events that lead to societal crises, which are notable in their impact, but fall short of causing a disaster. Such near-miss events may be reimagined through stochastic modeling to be worse than they actually were. These are termed downward counterfactuals. A spectrum of reimagined events, covering both natural and man-made hazards, are considered. Included is a counterfactual version of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Attention to thi… Show more
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