mitigation and adaption

• define mitigation


  Action taken to reduce the severity or remove it completely

  or something to moderate their risk

  
  

  stop damage
• define adaption to a hazard

  changes in processes, practices and structures to moderate potential damages

  
  

  its not gonna stop it but reduces damage
• what are the strategies of mitigation/adaptation

  modifying the event

  modify vulnerability and resilience (eg hazard zoning)

  modifying loss
• how can you modify loss

  immediate responce by authorities; rescue efforts, relief aid

  external assistance from NGOs eg oxfam or red cross

  volunteers from affected communities
• how can you modify the event

  volcanic eruptions can be modifies by using lava diversion barriers eg mount etna, italy, '83

  
  

  spraying water to cool and solidify lava flow eg Heimaey iceland '73

  
  

  tsunamis may be modified by changing the offshore coastal environment eg with offshore barriers eg in Ofunato bay in japan

  - or mangrove forests in gle jong, indonesia with 70k trees planted after 2004
• how can you modify vunerability and resiliance

  make sure housing is up to code + earthquake resistant design (asiesmic design) eg the counterwight near the top of the Taipei 101 building in taiwan

  
  

  create land use zoning by predicting where a hazard might affect the most

  eg remove people and property from areas at risk of eruption or low lying floodable areas

  
  

  high speed tsunami warning systems

  - established in indonesia from 2008 onwards which can give people time to evacuate