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1. council.science › actionplan › hazards-definitionReview of Hazards Definition and Classification ...

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   define the full range of hazards that are encompassed in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction; provide a scientific definition of all the hazards identified, drawing mostly on the internationally agreed UN definition and available scientific literature. Activities and impact.

2. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesFundamentals of safety hazards: A scientific perspective - PMC

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   Jun 18, 2019 · The definition of a safety hazard must meet the scientific criterion of unambiguousness. The definition of what an object or substance is, or what object or substance constitutes a safety hazard, cannot allow, imply or provide for a double meaning. A safety hazard is a safety hazard, without the possibility of any argument about it.

   • Author: Elriza Esterhuyzen, Leonie B. Louw
   • DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v11i1.675

   • Publish Year: 2019
   • Publication: Jamba. 2019; 11(1): 675.

3. council.science › the-need-for-hazards-definitionsThe need for hazard definitions - International Science Council

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   Jul 22, 2020 · The need for hazard definitions. Lack of commonly shared definitions of hazards stands in the way of effective monitoring of disaster risk reduction efforts. Simon Cox explains how science, data and technology can help solve the problem.

4. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesHazards, Disasters, and Risks - PMC - National Center for ...

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   Jun 5, 2019 · Hazards. According to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), a hazard is a natural process or phenomenon that may pose negative impacts on the economy, society, and ecology, including both natural factors and human factors that are associated with the natural ones. Hazards are the origins of disasters.

   • Author: Peijun Shi
   • DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6689-5_1

   • Publish Year: 2019
   • Publication: Disaster Risk Science. 2019 : 1-48.

5. www.undrr.org › publication › hazard-definition-andHazard definition and classification review: Technical report

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   Jul 28, 2020 · The UNDRR/ISC Sendai Hazard Definition and Classification Review Technical Report supports all three by providing a common set of hazard definitions for monitoring and reviewing implementation which calls for “a data revolution, rigorous accountability mechanisms and renewed global partnerships”.

6. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleTerminology of natural hazards and disasters: A review and ...

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   Jan 1, 2021 · Definition. The definition of a hazard is already well consolidated and related to phenomena that may cause potential harm to the well-being of communities, and has a given probability. When analyzing hazards based on their triggering phenomena, one can define whether they are of natural, social, or technological origin.

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   What is a hazard based on?

   • The definition of a hazard is already well consolidated and related to phenomena that may cause potential harm to the well-being of communities, and has a given probability. When analyzing hazards based on their triggering phenomena, one can define whether they are of natural, social, or technological origin.

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   What is a hazard in disaster management?

   • According to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), a hazard is a natural process or phenomenon that may pose negative impacts on the economy, society, and ecology, including both natural factors and human factors that are associated with the natural ones. Hazards are the origins of disasters.

   Hazards, Disasters, and Risks - PMC - National Center for Biotechnology

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   What is a safety hazard?

   • Considering the preceding argumentation, it is clear that a safety hazard is any physical substance or object that can impact life, both positively and negatively, as a result of a range of safety hazard characteristics related to its unambiguous closing, collision and interacting qualities (Smit & Esterhuyzen 2014 :40; Van Fleet 2000 :112).

   Fundamentals of safety hazards: A scientific perspective - PMC

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   Are substances a safety hazard?

   • It has been extensively argued in this discussion that only substances that are made of matter, that are tangible, that can interact, that can move by itself or be moved and that unambiguously keep its basic characteristics are safety hazards.

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8. council.science › publications › hazard-informationHazard Information Profiles: Supplement to UNDRR-ISC Hazard ...

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   Hazard Information Profiles: Supplement to UNDRR-ISC Hazard Definition & Classification Review – Technical Report. Geneva, Switzerland, United Nations. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction; Paris, France, International Science Council.