health and well-being
type: Concept
narrower: disasters

society
type: Concept
narrower: disasters

disasters
definition: The word disaster originally contained an astrological referent: the pejorative prefix dis, meaning “away from,” attached to the Latin astrum, meaning “star.” An ill-starred occurrence, much like its synonym “catastrophe” (that also contains the word star), the initial paradigm is that of disaster as a malevolent astral influence. Hence, the notion of disaster as an exceptional event that creates imbalance, a shift in the scales, or better yet, a destruction of the normal order of things. [Source: Encyclopedia of Deception; Disasters]
broader: emergencies
broader: health and well-being
broader: social problems
broader: society
broader: population and environment
type: Concept
narrower: famine
narrower: fires
narrower: war
narrower: mass casualty incidents
narrower: man made accidents
narrower: natural disasters
narrower: relief work
narrower: explosions

mass casualty incidents
type: Concept
broader: disasters

relief work
type: Concept
broader: disasters

social problems
type: Concept
narrower: disasters

emergencies
type: Concept
narrower: disasters

fires
type: Concept
broader: disasters

population and environment
type: Concept
narrower: disasters

man made accidents
type: Concept
broader: disasters

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: disasters

natural disasters
type: Concept
broader: disasters

famine
type: Concept
broader: disasters

explosions
type: Concept
broader: disasters

war
type: Concept
broader: disasters