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katastrofa

Definition: *
The result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relations between man and his environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow, as in drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help or international aid.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
narrower terms
človekom spôsobená katastrofa
  katastrofa
  požiar
  prírodná katastrofa
related terms
havária
  oblasť postihnutá katastrofou
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
riziká, bezpečnosť
Themes:
riziká, havárie
Other relations:
Wikipedia article
Disaster
Has close match
UMTHES: Katastrophe
Arabic: كارثة
Basque: hondamendi ekologiko
Bulgarian: Бедствие
Catalan: desastre
Chinese: 灾害
Croatian: katastrofa
Czech: katastrofa
Danish: katastrofer
Dutch: rampen
English: disaster
English (US): disaster
Estonian: õnnetus, katastroof
Finnish: suuronnettomuudet
French: catastrophe écologique
German: Katastrophe
Greek: καταστροφές (θεομηνίες)
Hungarian: katasztrófa
Irish: tubaiste
Italian: disastro
Latvian: katastrofa
Lithuanian: stichinė nelaimė
Maltese: diżastru
Norwegian: katastrofe
Polish: katastrofa
Portuguese: catástrofes ecológicas
Romanian: dezastru
Russian: стихийное бедствие
Slovenian: nesreča, katastrofa
Spanish: desastres
Swedish: katastrofer
Turkish: afet
Ukrainian: стихійне лихо
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2215>