Identifying Disaster Management Merminology: Past Efforts and Future Challenges

Abstract

The most significant international organisations recognised the role of cross-border cooperation decades ago in the field of disaster management. However, language barriers can still be considered a hardship to information flow and cooperation among nations. During these activities, the specialised language (register) of disaster management is at the forefront, yet only initial and uncoordinated steps have been taken to specify and teach it. The article makes an attempt to review efforts to date and to point out the future opportunities as well as challenges, both from the viewpoint of disaster management and linguistics. Incorporating the results into higher education and continuing training of disaster management may lead to favourable changes.