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CONSEQUENCES OF ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS UPON HUMAN SECURITY
CONSEQUENCES OF ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS UPON HUMAN SECURITY

Author(s): Mirela Atanasiu
Subject(s): Military history
Published by: Editura Academiei Oamenilor de Știință din România
Keywords: environmental disasters; risk; security; vulnerability; effects

Summary/Abstract: It is well-known the surrounding environment and the human society often bears the action of some extremely dangerous phenomena with diverse origin, natural or human, able to produce destructive and brutal detuning in certain established systems or situations. These events (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, land slides, storms, floods, drought, fires, technological accidents, conflict situations, etc.) usually occur unexpectedly and can cause many victims, a large amount of material damage, ecological unbalances and even severe disturbances of the psychological and moral state of the population being under the incidence of the respective phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 3/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 80-99
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English