Disaster Mitigation - 2nd Edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 64 p.): Part 2 - Actions to reduce risk: (introduction...)

Disaster Mitigation - 2nd Edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 64 p.)

Part 2 - Actions to reduce risk

		*(introduction...)*
		Reducing hazard vs reducing vulnerability
		Tools, powers and budgets
		Community-based mitigation
		The menu of mitigation actions
		SUMMARY

(introduction...)

This part of the module illustrates the difference between passive and active methods of risk reduction as well as five basic types of measures available for use in planning mitigation programs:

Engineering and construction measures

Physical planning measures

Economic measures

Management and institutional measures

Societal measures