Disaster management
Disaster Management
Disaster Management (pronunciation: /dɪˈzɑːstər mænɪdʒmənt/) refers to the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.
Etymology
The term "disaster" comes from the Middle French "desastre" and that from Old Italian "disastro", which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek "pejorative prefix dis-", (bad; Gr: δυσ-) and "aster" (star; Gr: ἀστήρ). The term "management" comes from the Old French "mesnagement" or "ménagement", from "mesnager", to manage, from Latin "manus", hand.
Related Terms
- Emergency Management: The organization and management of resources and responsibilities for addressing all aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery.
- Risk Assessment: The identification and analysis of relevant risks to human life, health, property, or the environment, both accidental and intentional.
- Crisis Management: The process by which an organization deals with a disruptive and unexpected event that threatens to harm the organization or its stakeholders.
- Disaster Recovery: The process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster.
- Business Continuity: The planning and preparation of a company to make sure it overcomes serious incidents or disasters and resumes its normal operations within a reasonably short period.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Disaster management
- Wikipedia's article - Disaster management
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