Development disaster

Japanese: 開発災害 - かいはつさいがい

This refers to disasters caused by development activities that do not fully take into account the workings of the natural world, such as technologically immature development, development that prioritizes economic efficiency too much, or development that changes the natural world too rapidly and upsets the balance of the natural world. In other words, it is a disaster caused primarily by human development activities themselves. In the days when development technology was only advanced enough to not significantly upset the balance of the natural world or the balance between the natural world and human society, disasters caused by abnormalities in the natural world were called natural disasters, as they were beyond the control of humans, and were classified as natural disasters.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

自然界のしくみを十分に考慮に入れない開発行為，たとえば技術的に未熟な開発，あまりにも経済性を優先させた開発，あまりにも急激な自然の改変によって自然界のバランスを崩してしまう開発などによってひき起こされる災害をいう。すなわち，人間の開発行為そのものがおもな要因となって起こる災害である。開発技術が自然界のバランスや自然界と人間社会のバランスを大きくは崩さない程度の技術力しかなかった時代には，自然界の異変によってひき起こされる災害は，人間の力の及ばないものとして，天災と呼ばれ，自然災害の範疇（はんちゆう）に入れられていた。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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