Module 6 Post-Assessment

Module 6 Post-Assessment

In your last journal entry for this week, address the following questions in 2-3 paragraphs, integrating the knowledge you have gained during this week:

Disasters that are contained within a single country, and those that occur at the international level, differ in so many profound ways.

Please explain in your own words the major difference that exist between these two categories of disaster (with regards to the emergency management cycle, including preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery).

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Introduction
Disasters are characterized basing on magnitude, location, and duration. According to (A comparative review of country-level and regional disaster loss and damage databases, 2013) by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), there are internationally-recognized guidelinesfor characterizing disasters as either national or international.

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