Cvetković, V. M., Renner, R., Aleksova, B., & Lukić, T. (2024). Geospatial and Temporal Patterns of Natural and Man-Made (Technological) Disasters (1900–2024): Insights from Different Socio-Economic and Demographic Perspectives. Applied Sciences, 14(18), 8129. Article Geospatial and Temporal Patterns of Natural and Man-Made (Technological) Disasters (1900–2024): Insights from Different Socio-Economic and Demographic Perspectives Vladimir M. Cvetkovic´ 1,2,3,*, Renate Renner 4, Bojana Aleksova 2,5 and Tin Lukic´ 2,6   Citation: Cvetkovic´, V.M.; Renner, R.; Aleksova, B.; Lukic´, T. Geospatial and Temporal Patterns of Natural and Man-Made (Technological) Disasters (1900–2024): Insights from Different Socio-Economic and Demographic Perspectives. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 8129. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188129 Academic Editor: Wenjie Zhang Received: 12 August 2024 Revised: 8 September 2024 Accepted: 9 September 2024 Published: 10 September 2024   Copyright: © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// 1 Department of Disaster Management and Environmental Security, Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Gospodara Vucica 50, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia 2 Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management, Dimitrija Tucovic´a 121, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia; bojana.aleksova@mk.maarifschools.org (B.A.); tin.lukic@dgt.uns.ac.rs (T.L.) 3 International Institute for Disaster Research, Dimitrija Tucovic´a 121, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia 4 Safety and Disaster Studies, Chair of Thermal Processing Technology, Department of Environmental and Energy Process Engineering, Montanuniversitaet, 8700 Leoben, Austria; renate.renner@unileoben.ac.at 5 Maarif International School, Skopje Campus, Kiro Gligorov 5, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia 6 Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovic´a 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia * Correspondence: vmc@fb.bg.ac.rs Abstract: This pioneering study explores the geospatial and temporal patterns of natural and human- induced disasters from 1900 to 2024, providing essential insights into their global distribution and impacts. Significant trends and disparities in disaster occurrences and their widespread consequences are revealed through the utilization of the comprehensive international EM-DAT database. The results showed a dramatic escalation […]