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Recovery from Social and Economic Chaos: The Building of Resilient Communities

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

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Disaster management; Disaster recovery; Hazard management

Definition

Hazard refers to any physical occurrence owing to natural or human causes that is likely to result in significant damage, injury, death, or disruption of social and economic activity. Hazards also embrace yet to be identified factors that can manifest as future threats with diverse underlying causes (ISDR 2002). It is argued that hazards can be unique, progressive, or multifaceted in their source and impacts (Niekerk 2013). Every hazard is uniquely manifested and represented in terms of its location, intensity, and probability. Furthermore, vulnerabilities denote a number of underlying or consequential factors due to physical, socioeconomic and ecological conditions, which enhance the sustainability of a society to the effects of hazards (ISDR 2002). This includes several physical, social, economic, ecological, and/or political elements that significantly impact the capacity of communities in responding to...

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  1. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), UNISA Science Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Felix Kwabena Donkor

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

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

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

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  6. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Donkor, F.K. (2021). Recovery from Social and Economic Chaos: The Building of Resilient Communities. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) No Poverty. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_95-1

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