NATURAL DISASTERS FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF STRONG AND WEAK SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Born with a proposal of compatibility between economic and environmental growth, or sustainable development, it has two central points - weak and strong, which shows different views on the main global problems, such as overpopulation, scarcity of natural resources, poverty and inequality, degradation environmental and climate change. These schools, however, have little explored the theme of natural disasters, phenomena with socioeconomic impacts, whose frequencies are increasing in recent years, with greater relevance in the current pandemic scenario of new coronaviruses. In this sense, the article aims to analyze the vision of sustainability, strong and weak, with respect to the issue of natural disasters. The study is based on bibliographic research about natural disasters and sustainable development. The results show that a weak current predominates in the international literature and tends to see natural disasters as external factors to development; while the strong current predominates in the national literature and considers extreme events as intrinsic factors to development. The article offers a reconciliation between the two currents, considering a positive feedback relationship between natural disasters and sustainability.