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| − | The potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period <ref> [http://www.unisdr.org/files/7817_UNISDRTerminologyEnglish.pdf 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction]</ref>. The definition of disaster risk reflects the concept of disasters as the outcome of continuously present conditions of [[risk]]. Disaster risk comprises different types of potential losses which are often difficult to quantify. Nevertheless, with knowledge of the prevailing [[hazard|hazards]] and the patterns of population and socio-economic development, disaster risks can be assessed and mapped, in broad terms at least. | + | {{definition|The potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period <ref> [http://www.unisdr.org/files/7817_UNISDRTerminologyEnglish.pdf 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction]</ref>.}} |
| + | <big>The definition of disaster risk reflects the concept of disasters as the outcome of continuously present conditions of [[risk]]. Disaster risk comprises different types of potential losses which are often difficult to quantify. Nevertheless, with knowledge of the prevailing [[hazard|hazards]] and the patterns of population and socio-economic development, disaster risks can be assessed and mapped, in broad terms at least.</big> | ||
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The potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period [1].
The definition of disaster risk reflects the concept of disasters as the outcome of continuously present conditions of risk. Disaster risk comprises different types of potential losses which are often difficult to quantify. Nevertheless, with knowledge of the prevailing hazards and the patterns of population and socio-economic development, disaster risks can be assessed and mapped, in broad terms at least.
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