Exam questions

• Outline the concept of mitigation in relation to the management of hazards (4 marks)

  • mitigation - Mitigation is action by people to reduce the potential effects of a hazard upon themselves or their property (1).
  • hazard management cycle includes mitigation as part of the pre-event action to reduce the impact of the event (1)
  • Examples of this can include building codes: e.g in japan all buildings are required to have an earthquake resistant structure, this is due to an earthquake that hit in 1923 which killed 140,000 people and destroyed a similar amount of buildings