Disaster
Contents
Definitions
European Definitions
Other International Definitions
UNISDR
Disasters are often described as a result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences. Disaster impacts may include loss of life, injury, disease and other negative effects on human physical, mental and social well-being, together with damage to property, destruction of assets, loss of services, social and economic disruption and environmental degradation.
National Definitions
Australia
Canada
A disaster may be triggered by a naturally occurring phenomenon which has its origins within the geophysical or biological environment or by human action or error, whether malicious or unintentional, including technological failures, accidents and terrorist acts.
Germany
Netherlands
Russian Federation
United States DHS/FEMA
Standard Definition
ISO ISO 22300:2012(en)
ISO/PAS 22399:2007
Other Definitions
Ontario (Canada)
See also
Notes
- ↑ 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction
- ↑ Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)
- ↑ [http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/mrgnc-mngmnt-frmwrk/index-eng.aspx An Emergency Management Framework for Canada (Second Edition)
- ↑ http://www.kritis.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/Kritis/EN/Baseline%20Protection%20Concept.pdf Protection of Critical Infrastructures – Baseline Protection Concept: Recommendation for Companies, BMI.
- ↑ http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0027466/tekst_bevat_ramp/geldigheidsdatum_19-02-2015#1_Artikel1 Artikel 1 of the Wet Veiligheidsregio's
- ↑ Postanovlenie Pravitelstvo RF, ‘O klassifikatsii chrezvychainyh situatsii prirodnogo I tehnogennogo haratera’, no. 1094, 13 September 1996.
- ↑ FEMA, Definitions and Terms, Instruction 5000.2, 1990
- ↑ ISO 22300:2012(en) Societal security — Terminology
- ↑ ISO/PAS 22399:2007 Societal security - Guideline for incident preparedness and operational continuity management.
- ↑ Province of Ontario’s Emergency Management Glossary of Terms
- ↑ Province of Ontario’s Emergency Management Glossary of Terms