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disaster: the result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relations between man and his environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow, as in drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help or international aid; -DDMG
Category: Management in the public and private sector

disaster: in national emergency planning in France, disaster is defined as any major catastrophe extending beyond the boundaries of one municipality. In bilateral agreements with the Federal Republic of Germany, disaster is defined as an emergency that cannot be dealt with by normal means
Category: Management in the public and private sector

disaster: may connote the sudden and unexpected, with attendant notions of lack of foresight (accidents).
Category: Medicine

disaster: A sudden and unexpected event that causes widespread human,material or environmental losses,and exceeds the normal capacity of the affected community so that help from outside is required.
Category: Management in the public and private sector

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