Mitigation 13
Mitigation 13 :
Activities that reduce the degree of long-term risk to human life and property from natural and man-made hazards; e.g., building codes, disaster insurance, land-use management, risk mapping, safety codes, and tax incentives and disincentives. (McLoughlin 1985, 166) Mitigation consists of planned and orderly efforts to prevent hazards that are preventable and lessen the impact of those that are not. Mitigation activities can act in three ways to prevent or reduce effects of potential hazards. First, they can act on the hazard to eliminate it or to reduce the frequency and intensity of its occurrence. Second, they can change the way a hazard interacts with people and their support systems. Third, they can alter the way people live and the systems they create. (McLoughlin 1985, 170)
