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Geoscience Australia Hazard and Risk Vocabulary

Geoscience Australia
Arthur, C. ; Richards, C. ; Mackallah, C. ; Bell, J.
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This vocabulary is used to define terms used in the field of climate and disaster risk covering hazard, exposure, vulnerability, impact, climate, weather and geophysical disasters. The vocabulary will be maintained by Geoscience Australia with input from key hazard and risk stakeholders.

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded
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Created in collaboration with Bureau of Meteorology, Australia Bureau of Statistics and CSIRO. Based on a combination of World Meteorological Organisation, United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction and Australian Institute of Disaster Reduction definitions.

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This vocabulary is used to describe terms used for climate and disaster risk themes covering hazard, exposure, vulnerability, impact, climate, weather and geophysical disasters, to ensure consistency of terminology across emergency management stakeholder.

Created: 01 07 2023

Issued: 16 04 2025

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Climate | Natural Hazards | definitions | disaster | exposure | geoscientificInformation | impact | vocabulary | vulnerability |

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GA's Vocabulary Register

url : https://vocabs.ga.gov.au/vocab/

Geoscience Australia Vocabularies

url : http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/102140

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