Definition: Evacuation
Moving people and assets temporarily to safer places before, during or after the occurrence of a hazardous event in order to protect them.
Annotation: Evacuation plans refer to the arrangements established in advance to enable the moving of people and assets temporarily to safer places before, during or after the occurrence of a hazardous event. Evacuation plans may include plans for return of evacuees and options to shelter in place.
Cite this
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½). 2017. The Sendai Framework Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction. "Evacuation". Accessed 30 April 2025. . [Copy citation]
About the terminology
The Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Indicators and Terminology (OIEWG) relating to disaster risk reduction was established by the General Assembly in its resolution 69/284 for the development of a set of possible indicators to measure global progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, coherent with the work of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators. The report was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on February 2nd, 2017.
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