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Descriptor English: Impact of Disasters
Descriptor Spanish: Impacto de los Desastres
Descriptor impacto de los desastres
Scope note: Cualquier incidencia de un agente, elemento o suceso sobre el SISTEMA AFECTABLE (población y entorno), que produce efectos indeseables (SISMOS, altas temperaturas, HURACANES, etc.). Hay impactos primarios o elementales e impactos agregados. (Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Descriptor Portuguese: Impacto de Desastres
Descriptor French: Impact des Catastrophes
Entry term(s): Disasters' Impact
Tree number(s): SP8.665
Scope note: Any incidence of an agent, element or event on a system (population and environment), which produces undesirable effects (earthquakes, high temperatures, hurricanes etc).
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 34857
Unique ID: DDCS034857
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Impact of Disasters - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060730
Scope note Any incidence of an agent, element or event on a system (population and environment), which produces undesirable effects (earthquakes, high temperatures, hurricanes etc).
Preferred term Impact of Disasters
Entry term(s) Disasters' Impact



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