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In the broadest terms, a system may be described as the social and physical domain within which Risks arise and are managed. An understanding of the way a system behaves and, in particular, the mechanisms by which it may fail, is an essential aspect of understanding Risk. This is true for an organisational system like [[Flood] warning], as well as for a more physical system, such as a series of Flood defences protecting a [[Flood] plain].
Acknowledgements: This Glossary is modified from Gouldby and Samuels, 2005, Language of risk – project definitions. FLOODsite Report T34/04/01