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Lecture 7
Hazard Mitigation & Living with Disasters
Today's objectives -
Vocabulary -
Hazards -
Hazard mitigation -
"soft" solutions -
"hard" solutions -
zoning -
"buyer beware" -
Hazard maps -
Prediction -
Lecture Outline -
Hazards and mitigation defined
"Soft" solutions to hazards mitigation
"Hard" solutions to hazards mitigation
The importance of zoning and land use
Hazard monitoring and prediction