Glossary

Build Back BetterDaha iyisini yeniden inşa etmek

Using recovery and reconstruction to increase the resilience of communities, rather than merely restoring what was there before. — UNDRR

CapacityKapasite

The combination of strengths, skills and resources available to a community to manage risk and strengthen resilience. — UNDRR

CrisisKriz

A sudden or ongoing situation of severe stress in which a person’s or community’s usual ways of coping are not enough. — WHO / IASC

DisasterAfet

A serious disruption of the functioning of a community, due to a hazard interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to human, material, economic or environmental losses. — UNDRR

Disaster riskAfet riski

The potential loss of life, injury or damaged assets that could occur in a community in a given period; a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. — UNDRR

Disaster risk reductionAfet riskinin azaltılması

Policies and practices aimed at preventing new disaster risk, reducing existing risk and managing residual risk. — UNDRR

Early warning systemErken uyarı sistemi

An integrated system of hazard monitoring, forecasting and communication that enables people to take timely action. — UNDRR

ExposureMaruz kalma

The situation of people, infrastructure, housing and other assets located in hazard-prone areas. — UNDRR

HazardTehlike

A process, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation. — UNDRR

Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)Ruh sağlığı ve psikososyal destek (RSPSD)

The full range of support aiming to protect psychosocial well-being or to prevent and treat mental disorders; described by the four-layer intervention pyramid. — IASC

MitigationRisk azaltma (zarar azaltma)

Lessening or limiting the adverse impacts of a hazardous event. — UNDRR

PreparednessHazırlık

The knowledge, skills and capacities developed in advance to respond to and recover from a likely disaster effectively. — UNDRR

PreventionÖnleme

Activities and measures to avoid existing and new disaster risks. — UNDRR

Psychological first aidİlk psikolojik yardım

Humane, supportive and practical help for a person in distress: noticing needs, listening, comforting, and connecting them with information and services. It is not therapy. — WHO

Psychosocial supportPsikososyal destek

Any local or outside support that protects or promotes psychological well-being and social ties together. — IASC

ReconstructionYeniden yapılanma

The medium- and long-term rebuilding of infrastructure, services, housing and facilities damaged by a disaster, in a more resilient way. — UNDRR

Recoveryİyileşme

Restoring and improving the livelihoods, services and living conditions of a disaster-affected community. — UNDRR

ResilienceDayanıklılık (dirençlilik)

The ability of a system, community or person exposed to a hazard to resist, absorb, adapt to and recover from its effects in a timely way. — UNDRR

ResponseMüdahale

Actions taken directly before, during or immediately after a disaster to save lives, reduce health impacts and meet basic needs. — UNDRR

Secondary traumatic stressİkincil travmatik stres

Stress reactions resembling trauma reactions that arise in a person who witnesses or listens to others’ traumatic experiences. — WHO / IASC

TraumaTravma

An experience of living through, witnessing or learning of a threat to one’s own or another’s life that overwhelms the capacity to cope, and its psychological impact. — WHO

VulnerabilityKırılganlık

The physical, social, economic and environmental conditions that make a person, community or system more susceptible to the impacts of hazards. — UNDRR

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