Lecture 7 

Hazard Mitigation & Living with Disasters

Today's objectives -

• To learn what is meant by hazard mitigation.
• To learn how the main strategies of hazard mitigation.

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