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Disaster

A disaster is an event that causes such serious harm to people, buildings, economies, or the environment that the affected community cannot manage without external assistance or relief. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction defines a disaster as "a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to…

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Disaster

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples138
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

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Disaster

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has effect · 12
Disaster → Among, As, Countries, EM-DAT, For, Hazards, However, Injuries In, Social, The, The Emergency Events Database, They
related to Sources · 11
Disaster → Agriculture, Agriculture Organization, CC BY, Disasters, Food Security, Licensed, Text, The Food, The Impact, This, United Nations
related to External links · 10
Disaster → Coordination, Coordination System, Disaster Risk Reduction, European Commission, Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, ReliefWeb, ReliefWebUnited Nations Office, UNDRRGlobal Disaster Alert, United Nations Office
related to Disaster risk reduction · 9
Disaster → Climate, DRR, In, It, People, So, The, This, When DRR
related to Unrelated to natural hazards · 8
Disaster → All, Catastrophic, Climate, Examples, Human-made, Technological, That, These
related to Definitions · 6
Disaster → Disasters, EM-DAT, Human, The, The United Nations, When
related to Disaster response · 6
Disaster → An, Emergency, Humanitarian, It, The, This
related to Others · 6
Disaster → Complex, Experts, Recurring, Some, The Fukushima, This
has impact · 5
Disaster → According, In, These, UN, Whilst
related to Etymology · 5
Disaster → Ancient Greek, Middle French, Old Italian, The, This

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disasters hazards natural people damage community events also may losses risk drr countries infrastructure climate response hazard often human economic

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Disasteris aevent that causes such serious harm to people0.90text
Disasteris avery harmful impact on a society or community brought by a natural phenomenon or hazard0.90text
Disasteris acase in point0.90text
inadequate planninginstance ofHuman factors0.80text
poor development practicesinstance ofHuman factors0.80text
and lack of preparedness can increase community vulnerability to climate hazards.Disasters are defined as events that have significant adverse effects on peopleinstance ofHuman factors0.80text
cholera or dysentery arising from the disasterinstance ofThese could be the effects of diseases0.80text
droughtinstance ofThese disasters are often linked to environmental or biological processes0.80text
desertificationinstance ofThese disasters are often linked to environmental or biological processes0.80text
rising sea levelsinstance ofThese disasters are often linked to environmental or biological processes0.80text
or the spread of epidemic diseases.Sudden-onset disasters arise rapidlyinstance ofThese disasters are often linked to environmental or biological processes0.80text
are typically triggered by unexpected hazardous eventsinstance ofThese disasters are often linked to environmental or biological processes0.80text

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