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Disaster Management
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Definition
The organization, planning and application of measures preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters.
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-management
See also: Disaster
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