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'''See also''': [[Capacity|<span style="color: #DB20D2">Capacity</span>]], [[Hazard|<span style="color: #DB20D2">Hazard</span>]], [[Exposure|<span style="color: #DB20D2">Exposure</span>]], [[Vulnerability|<span style="color: #DB20D2">Vulnerability</span>]] | '''See also''': [[Capacity|<span style="color: #DB20D2">Capacity</span>]], [[Hazard|<span style="color: #DB20D2">Hazard</span>]], [[Exposure|<span style="color: #DB20D2">Exposure</span>]], [[Vulnerability|<span style="color: #DB20D2">Vulnerability</span>]] | ||
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Definition
A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability, and capacity, leading to one or more of the following: human, material, economic and environmental losses and impacts.
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
See also: Capacity, Hazard, Exposure, Vulnerability
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