Disasters [katastrofy]
topical
888
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D004190
Definition
Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.
- Annotation
- coordinate with specific event causing the disaster; specify geographic location
- DUI
- D004190 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0006560
- Public note
- 1972; for NATURAL DISASTERS see NATURAL DISASTERS 1991-2008, see DISASTERS 1972-1990; for FLOODS see DISASTERS 1963-1981
Allowable subheadings
- CL
- classification 44
- EC
- economics 46
- HI
- history 49
- PC
- prevention & control 115
- SN
- statistics & numerical data 45
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