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Mitigation entails identifying hazards and minimizing vulnerability to those hazards. In this case, the Japanese government knows the island nation is at high risk for earthquakes.
In another earthquake — a 5.2 temblor that hit Napa Valley in 2000 — a 5-year-old boy was left fighting for his life after he was buried by the fireplace during a birthday party sleepover.
Renter default is a critical challenge. This report, based on a survey of 400+ multifamily professionals, reveals key trends, economic drivers, and mitigation gaps to help you build resilience in ...
Resilient regions and organizations require well thought out disaster plans addressing recovery and mitigation. In creating ...
More than 1 million homes in California need retrofitting, an upgrade that takes about a day to complete, according to Janiele Maffei, chief mitigation officer for the California Earthquake Authority.
Mitigation requires collaboration While scientists continue to investigate tectonic motions, accurately predicting earthquakes and tsunamis remains impossible. Therefore, mitigation and risk ...
Earthquake mitigation policies. Earthquake losses. Abstract: This stage one report is the result of a project on overcoming obstacles to implementing earthquake hazard mitigation policies. The report ...
Can an earthquake turn around and strike twice? New research has some seismologists saying yes. Tremor data from a 2016 earthquake at the South American and African tectonic plates, deep below the ...