Asynergies

Definition

Potentially unwanted effects of measures that reduce the impacts of disasters across different hazards. Traditionally, those measures are aimed at decreasing the risk a building faces of a single hazard type despite their potential of having unwanted effects on other hazard types. For example, building on stilts is an often-used measure to decrease a building's flood vulnerability, however, it simultaneously increases a building's earthquake vulnerability

Source

IPCC (2022). Annex II – Glossary. In IPCC (2022) Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.

Available at: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/

See also: Adaptation Pathways, Tipping Point

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