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=== <span class="glossary-term">Disaster</span> === <div class="glossary-working-groups">'''Working Groups:''' WGI; WGII; WGIII</div> <div class="glossary-definition">'''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’ (UNGA, 2016). From Wikipedia A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.</div> </div> <div class="glossary-entry"> <div id="Disaster_management"></div>
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