Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

all-hazards  

Definition

  • A hazard is a dynamic phenomenon that threatens people and their possessions, assets, and activities with injury, damage, destruction, or curtailment. Broadly, there are four kinds of hazards: natural (e.g., floods, earthquakes), technological (e.g., transportation crashes, toxic spills), social (e.g., riots, crowd crushes), and intentional (e.g., acts of terrorism, hostage taking). [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; All-Hazards]

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/all-hazards

Download this concept: