Disaster Stages. Stages of Disaster . Specific activities performed before, during and after a disaster to facilitate better definition and organization of actions to be performed throughout the process. (Free translation from the original: Costa Rica. Comisión Nacional de Emergencia. El ciclo de los desastres, 1993) . 0.98
Prewarning. Pre-Warning . A state that is established before the information about a possible disaster. The first action to deal with a disaster are performed in a pre-alert. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992) . 0.39
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Sabotage. Action of temporarily or permanently damaging, destroing or obstructing operations of essential services to the livelihood of the community or to their defense. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992) . 0.32
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Physiography. Part of geology that studies the formation and evolution of the terrestrial relief and the causes that determine their transformation. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992) . 0.32
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Risk Areas Delimitation. Risk Areas Delimination . Specification of susceptible areas to a destructive phenomenon, due to type and nature. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992) . 0.32
Protection. Action to provide security and surveillance in affected areas and to help reducing life loss. (Free translation from the original: Glosario de Protección Civil) . 0.32
Plan Director of Civil Defense. Global plan of action for civil defense, which considers the following system of planning and disaster management: disaster mitigation, response to disasters and reconstruction. (Free translation from the original: Material III - MInistério da Ação Social, 1992) . 0.31
Returning State. Decrease in the set of changes originated by an emergency over a population and its environment and the gradual recovery of their normal operation after a disaster. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992) . 0.31
Civil Protection Program. Civil Protection Programme . Civil Protection Programmes . Civil Protection Programs . Planning tool to define the attention to the impact of disasters on people and property. It is based on a diagnosis and is divided into three subprograms: prevention, assistance and support. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992) . 0.30
Controlled Confinement. Engineering work designed to enable the final storage of hazardous waste, to ensure their definitive isolation. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992) . 0.30
