Natural Disaster. WBG Topical Taxonomy

Natural Disaster

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BT↑ Disaster Risk Management

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NT3 ↓ Biological Disaster ►▼
- NT4 ↓ Abiotic Risk
- NT4 ↓ Abiotic Stress
- NT4 ↓ Animal Incident
- NT4 ↓ Biological Diseases ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Bacterial Disease
  - NT5 ↓ Parasitic Disease
  - NT5 ↓ Prion Disease
  - NT5 ↓ Viral Disease
- NT4 ↓ Insect Infestation
NT3 ↓ Climatological Event ►▼
- NT4 ↓ Drought
- NT4 ↓ General Climate Themes ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Climate Related Disaster
  - NT5 ↓ Climate Related Event
- NT4 ↓ Glacial Lake Outburst
- NT4 ↓ Subsidence
- NT4 ↓ Wildfire ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Land Fire ►▼
    - NT6 ↓ Brush Fire
    - NT6 ↓ Bush Fire
    - NT6 ↓ Forest Fire
    - NT6 ↓ Pasture Fire
NT3 ↓ Extraterrestrial Event ►▼
- NT4 ↓ Extraterrestrial Impact ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Airburst
  - NT5 ↓ Extraterrestrial Collision
  - NT5 ↓ Extraterrestrial Shockwave
  - NT5 ↓ Radio Disturbance
- NT4 ↓ Space Weather ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Energetic Particles
  - NT5 ↓ Geomagnetic Storm
NT3 ↓ Geophysical Event ►▼
- NT4 ↓ Earthquake ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Fire Following Earthquake
  - NT5 ↓ Ground Movement
  - NT5 ↓ Landslide Following Earthquake
  - NT5 ↓ Liquefaction
- NT4 ↓ Mass movement ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Tsunami
- NT4 ↓ Volcanic Activity ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Lahar
  - NT5 ↓ Lava Flow
  - NT5 ↓ Pyroclastic Flow
  - NT5 ↓ Volcanic Disaster
NT3 ↓ Hydrological Event ►▼
- NT4 ↓ Erosion ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Coastal Erosion
- NT4 ↓ Expansive Soil ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Desiccation
- NT4 ↓ Flood ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Coastal Flood
  - NT5 ↓ Flash Flood
  - NT5 ↓ Flood Control
  - NT5 ↓ Flood Damage
  - NT5 ↓ Flood Risk Management
  - NT5 ↓ Ice Jam Flood
  - NT5 ↓ Riverine Flood
- NT4 ↓ Hydro-meteorological
- NT4 ↓ Landslide ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Avalanche ►▼
    - NT6 ↓ Debris Avalanche
    - NT6 ↓ Rockfall
    - NT6 ↓ Snow Avalanche
  - NT5 ↓ Mudslide ►▼
    - NT6 ↓ Debris Mudslide
    - NT6 ↓ Mud Flow
- NT4 ↓ Sinkhole
- NT4 ↓ Wave Action ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Rogue Wave
  - NT5 ↓ Seiche
  - NT5 ↓ Tidal Wave
NT3 ↓ Meteorological ►▼
- NT4 ↓ Convective Storm ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Blizzard
  - NT5 ↓ Derecho
  - NT5 ↓ Monsoon
  - NT5 ↓ Tornado
  - NT5 ↓ Windstorm
- NT4 ↓ Extratropical Storm
- NT4 ↓ Extreme Temperature ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Cold Wave
  - NT5 ↓ Deep Freeze
  - NT5 ↓ Heat Wave
  - NT5 ↓ Ice
- NT4 ↓ Fog
- NT4 ↓ General Meteorological Themes ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ destructive weather
  - NT5 ↓ weather disaster
- NT4 ↓ Tropical Cyclone ►▼
  - NT5 ↓ Cyclone
  - NT5 ↓ Hurricane
  - NT5 ↓ Tropical Storm
  - NT5 ↓ Typhoon

Date of creation

19-Feb-2018

Accepted term

19-Feb-2018

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