Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > governance > crisis management > civil crisis management > disaster declaration
... > social science subjects > business and management > management settings > business management > governance > crisis management > civil crisis management > disaster declaration

Preferred term

disaster declaration  

Definition

  • The emergency management profession has a saying: “All disasters are local.” Although this is accurate for those experiencing the effects of an incident, it does not account for the political process involved in having an incident be declared a “disaster.” Only the president of the United States can invoke that status over a national incident. A complex formal process has to take place involving local, tribal, state, and regional emergency management in order to get that language assigned. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Disaster Declaration]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/disaster_declaration

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD