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The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a system, | The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a system, | ||
society, or a community in a specific period of time, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. | society, or a community in a specific period of time, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:02, 22 July 2022
Definition
The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a system, society, or a community in a specific period of time, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity.
Source
UNDRR (2016). Report of the open-ended intergovernmental expert working group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction
Available at: https://www.undrr.org/terminology/disaster-risk
See also: Disaster, Capacity, Exposure, Hazard, Vulnerability
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