Internationally Agreed Glossary of Basic Terms Related to Disaster Management
This glossary over terms related to disaster
management aims to meet the need for rapid and unequivocal communication
among individuals, teams and involved institutions in actual disaster response
activities, as well as in disaster mitigation by prevention and preparedness.
Providing terms in English, French and Spanish,
the glossary is a result of a joint effort of a number of inter-governmental
organizations, non-governmental organizations and national institutions.