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The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation

Glossary term

Disaster risk

The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets in a system, society or community in a specific period, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity (UNDRR).

The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets in a system, society or community in a specific period, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity (UNDRR).

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