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Emergency Management/Response

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

Synonyms

Crises management; Disaster management (DM); Hazard management

Definitions

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) facilitates terminology in this interdisciplinary area based on consultations with experts, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Scientific and Technical Advisory Group, practitioners, and partners to reach consensus on definitions. Hence, the result is the proposed updated terminology on disaster risk reduction. The new definition of the emergency management is now different from the previous proposal. It stated that emergency management represents “the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for addressing all aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and initial recovery steps” (UNISDR 2009). Now the definition for emergency management (EM) is “the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for addressing all aspects of emergencies and...

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  1. Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Vesela Radović

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Passo Fundo, University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Chair of Forestry Economics and Organisation, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade, Serbia

    Dragan Nonic

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Radović, V. (2020). Emergency Management/Response. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Climate Action. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95885-9_66

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