DEFINITION OF DISASTER. âDisaster is a crisis situation that far exceeds the capabilitiesâ . - Quarentelly, 1985. âDisasterâ is defined as a crisis situation causing wide spread damage which far exceeds. our ability to recover . Thus, by definition, there cannot be a perfect ideal system that. prevents damage, because then it would not be a disaster.
Coping. In psychology, a term that refers to a person's patterns of response to stress. Some patterns of coping may lower a person's risk of developing Stockholm syndrome in a hostage situation.
Definition of cope. 1  1 : a long envelopingecclesiastical vestment The priest wore a cope for the benediction. 2  2a : something resembling a cope (as by concealing or covering) â¦ the dark sky's starry cope â¦ â P. B. Shelleyb : coping.