Citation

Ha KM. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11356-023-30873-2

PMID

37950779

Abstract

Okolo and Wen (2023) empirically examined how natural hazards (also known as natural disasters) impact technological innovation using a case study in Africa. They extensively analyzed the relationship between the two variables in 45 African countries (between 1990 and 2019) using the quantile regression method (Okolo and Wen 2023). They concluded that natural hazards negatively and significantly affected technological innovation in the region. Natural hazards play a role in decreasing the amount of trade, development of human capital, and use of energy, thus negatively affecting technological innovation.

Two opposing groups have continued to discuss how natural hazards influence technological innovation in emergency management. One group has advocated the negative role of natural hazards in technological innovation, as in the case of Okolo and Wen (2023), Chen et al. (2021), and Haddad and Teixeira (2015). For this group, natural hazards, such as earthquakes, floods, and droughts, generally upset government policies, key infrastructure, and business activities. This leads to the disruption of research plans, decrease in research activities, and reduced research and development (R&D) funds...

Language: en