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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.

Entry terms

  • ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS
  • MANMADE DISASTERS
  • NATURAL DISASTERS

Identifier

  • urn:ddi:int.cessda.elsst:130808e2-a494-4312-9d4a-99127e15c73c:5

Date issued

  • 2024-09-23

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In other languages

  • Czech

  • Dutch

  • Finnish

  • EKOKATASTROFIT
  • LUONNONKATASTROFIT
  • LUONNONONNETTOMUUDET
  • YMPÄRISTÖTUHOT
  • French

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

  • NATURKATASTROPHEN
  • UMWELTKATASTROPHEN
  • VOM MENSCHEN VERURSACHTE KATASTROPHEN
  • Greek

  • ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΝΗΣ ΠΑΡΕΜΒΑΣΗΣ
  • ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ
  • ΦΥΣΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ
  • Hungarian

  • Icelandic

  • Lithuanian

  • EKOLOGINĖS NELAIMĖS
  • KATASTROFOS
  • STICHINĖS NELAIMĖS
  • ŽMOGAUS SUKELTOS NELAIMĖS
  • Norwegian

  • MENNESKESKAPTE KATASTROFER
  • NATURKATASTROFER
  • ØKOLOGISKE KATASTROFER
  • Romanian

  • Slovenian

  • Spanish

  • CATÁSTROFES NATURALES
  • DESASTRES MEDIOAMBIENTALES
  • DESASTRES NATURALES
  • Swedish

  • EKOLOGISKA KATASTROFER
  • MILJÖKATASTROFER
  • MÄNNISKOORSAKADE KATASTROFER
  • NATURKATASTROFER

URI

https://elsst.cessda.eu/id/5/130808e2-a494-4312-9d4a-99127e15c73c

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