Un/natural disasters IV: a philosophy of warning and alarming multiple simultaneous un/natural disasters

Abstract

PurposeThis paper aims to describe the phenomenon of multiple simultaneous un/natural disasters (MSDs). This study also aims to describe the importance and contribution of philosophy in describing MSDs warning and alarming systems.Design/methodology/approachThe paper summarizes topics in the philosophy of MSDs that were covered in detail in previous research in order to continue with the topic of the philosophy of MSDs alarming and warning. A practical solution to conceptual paradoxes is researched by means of conceptual-morphological analysis.FindingsThe paper proposes a conceptual idea for MSDs alarming system which is its main topic; namely, it offers a conceptual solution to a series of practical-conceptual paradoxes that occur before, during and after MSDs.Research limitations/implicationsThis is only a conceptual research, and it does not deal with particular technological solutions.Practical implicationsThe proposed solution of this research could be implemented in various warning and alarm systems.Originality/valueThe proposed concept of a universal alarm system for MSDs was not previously proposed.