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HAZARDS, ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS > DISASTERS

Preferred term

DISASTERS  

Definition

  • SITUATIONS OR EVENTS, OFTEN UNFORESEEN AND SUDDEN, WHICH CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND HUMAN SUFFERING, AND WHICH ARE ON SUCH A SCALE THAT THE STRICKEN COMMUNITIES NEED OUTSIDE HELP OR INTERNATIONAL AID TO COPE WITH THEM. THEY MAY BE CAUSED BY NATURE OR HAVE HUMAN ORIGINS.

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Entry terms

  • ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS
  • MANMADE DISASTERS
  • NATURAL DISASTERS

Identifier

  • urn:ddi:int.cessda.elsst:130808e2-a494-4312-9d4a-99127e15c73c:2

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Date issued

  • 2021-09-14

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In other languages

  • KATASTROFY

    Czech

  • KATASTROFE

    Danish

  • MENNESKESKABT KATASTROFE
  • NATURKATASTROFE
  • ØKOLOGISK KATASTROFE
  • RAMPEN

    Dutch

  • KATASTROFIT

    Finnish

  • EKOKATASTROFIT
  • LUONNONKATASTROFIT
  • LUONNONONNETTOMUUDET
  • YMPÄRISTÖTUHOT
  • CATASTROPHES

    French

  • CATASTROPHE D’ORIGINE HUMAINE
  • CATASTROPHE ÉCOLOGIQUE
  • CATASTROPHE NATURELLE
  • KATASTROPHEN

    German

  • NATURKATASTROPHEN
  • UMWELTKATASTROPHEN
  • VOM MENSCHEN VERURSACHTE KATASTROPHEN
  • ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ

    Greek

  • ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΝΗΣ ΠΑΡΕΜΒΑΣΗΣ
  • ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ
  • ΦΥΣΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ
  • NELAIMĖS

    Lithuanian

  • KATASTROFOS
  • KATASTROFER

    Norwegian

  • MENNESKESKAPTE KATASTROFER
  • NATURKATASTROFER
  • ØKOLOGISKE KATASTROFER
  • CALAMITĂȚI

    Romanian

  • KATASTROFA

    Slovenian

  • CATASTROFES

    Spanish

  • KATASTROFER

    Swedish

  • EKOLOGISKA KATASTROFER
  • MILJÖKATASTROFER
  • MÄNNISKOORSAKADE KATASTROFER
  • NATURKATASTROFER

URI

https://elsst.cessda.eu/id/2/130808e2-a494-4312-9d4a-99127e15c73c

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