Disaster Mitigation - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 53 p.): PART TWO: ACTIONS TO REDUCE RISK (30 minutes): 18. Question

Disaster Mitigation - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 53 p.)

PART TWO: ACTIONS TO REDUCE RISK (30 minutes)

		11. Targeting mitigation strategies
		12. Vulnerability
		13. Definition of vulnerability
		14. Reducing hazard vs. reducing vulnerability
		15. Question
		16. Passive mitigation measures
		17. Active mitigation measures
		18. Question
		19. Statement
		20. Mitigation menu
		21. Engineering and construction measures
		22. Physical planning measures
		23. Economic measures
		24. Management and institutional measures
		25. Societal measures

18. Question

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Ask the question from the overhead. Record answers on a flip chart in two columns. Refer to the training module and compare the groups’ answers with those of the authors.

Q. When would you use active mitigation measures? When would you use passive mitigation measures? What are the advantages of each?