UNISDR

UNISDR definitions from A-Z

A

• Acceptable Risk
• Adaptation

B

• Biological Hazard

C

• Capability
• Capacity
• Capacity Building
• Climate Change
• Climate Model
• Climate Projection
• Climate System
• Contingency Planning
• Control
• Coping Capacity
• Critical Facilities
• Critical Infrastructure

C cont.

• Critical Infrastructure Sector

D

• Danger
• Disaster
• Disaster Risk
• Disaster Risk Management
• Disaster Risk Reduction

E

• Emergency Management
• Emergency Services
• Exposure

G

• Geological Hazard

H

• Hazard
• Hydrometeorological Hazard

M

• Mitigation

N

• Natural Hazard

P

• Preparedness

P cont.

• Prevention

R

• Recovery
• Resilience
• Response
• Risk
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Evaluation
• Risk Management
• Risk Reduction
• Risk Transfer

S

• Scenario
• Socio-natural Hazard

T

• Technological Hazard

V

• Vulnerability