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... > demography > vital statistics > mortality > cause of death > man-made disasters

... > demography > vital statistics > mortality > cause of death > man-made disasters

... > demography > vital statistics > mortality > cause of death > man-made disasters

... > data collection > vital statistics > mortality > cause of death > man-made disasters

Preferred term

man-made disasters

Definition

Disasters are significant disruptions of a social system that compromise that system's ability to respond to the disruption on its own. Disasters can vary widely in their geographic scope and impact. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Disasters, Man-Made]

Broader concept

cause of death

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/man-made_disasters

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