An Overview of Disaster Management (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - United Nations Development Programme , 1992, 136 p.): PART ONE: HAZARDS AND DISASTERS: Chapter 2. Disaster terminology and phases: Phases of a disaster: (introduction...)

An Overview of Disaster Management (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - United Nations Development Programme , 1992, 136 p.)

PART ONE: HAZARDS AND DISASTERS

Chapter 2. Disaster terminology and phases

Phases of a disaster

		*(introduction...)*
		Rapid onset disasters
		Slow onset disasters

(introduction...)

Disasters can be viewed as a series of phases on a time continuum. Identifying and understanding these phases helps to describe disaster related needs and to conceptualize appropriate disaster management activities.