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Disaster - answerdefined by the United Nations, is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or society. Disaster management - answerhow we deal with the human, material, economic or environmental impacts of said disaster, it is the process of how we "prepare for, respond to and lea...

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Introduction to Disaster Management
Disaster - answerdefined by the United Nations, is a serious disruption of the
functioning of a community or society.

Disaster management - answerhow we deal with the human, material,
economic or environmental impacts of said disaster, it is the process of how
we "prepare for, respond to and learn from the effects of major failures."

Disaster - answerthe result in the combination of hazards, vulnerability, and
inability to reduce the potential negative consequences of risk.

Types of Disaster - answerNatural Disasters, Man-Made Disasters, Complex
Emergencies, Pandemic Emergencies

Natural Disasters - answernaturally occurring physical phenomena caused
either by rapid or slow onset events that have immediate impacts on human
health and secondary impacts causing further death and suffering.

Geophysical - answerEarthquakes, Landslides, Tsunamis and Volcanic
Activity

Hydrological - answerAvalanches and Floods

Climatological - answerExtreme Temperatures, Drought and Wildfires

Meteorological - answerCyclones and Storms/Wave Surges

Biological - answerDisease Epidemics and Insect/Animal Plagues

Man-Made Disasters - answerviewed by the International Federation of Red
Cross & Red Crescent Societies are events that are caused by humans which
occur in or close to human settlements often caused as a results of
Environmental or Technological Emergencies.

Man-Made Disasters can include - answerEnvironmental Degradation,
Pollution, Accidents

Complex Emergencies - answerThese emergencies involve a break-down of
authority, looting and attacks on strategic installations. Complex
emergencies include conflict situations and war.

Pandemic Emergencies - answeroccurs when a highly infectious new strain
emerges that humans have no immunity to. The difficulty responding to
pandemics is the isolation they cause.

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