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United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). Terminology 2009

The UNISDR Terminology aims to promote common understanding and common usage of disaster risk reduction concepts and to assist the disaster risk reduction efforts of authorities, practitioners and the public.

The 2009 version is the result of a process of ongoing review by the UNISDR and consultations with a broad range of experts and practitioners in various international venues, regional discussions and national settings. The Terminology has been revised to include words that are central to the contemporary understanding and evolving practice of disaster risk reduction but exclude words that have a common dictionary usage. Also included are a number of emerging new concepts that are not in widespread use but are of growing professional relevance; these terms are marked with a star (*) and their definition may evolve in future.

The English version of the 2009 Terminology provides the basis for the preparation of other language versions. The Georgian version of the Terminology has been prepared by the UNDP Country Office in Georgia and launched in September 2009.

UNISDR Terminology 2009. English (100 Kb)    
UNISDR Terminology 2009. Georgian (1.2 Mb)