Question

essay on mitigation of natural disaster​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Present and clarify. Mitigation and Prevention are used as synonyms. Some prefer

to drop the term Mitigation and use only Prevention. The term Mitigation can be

comprised in the term Prevention. Mitigation means to reduce the severity of the

human and material damage caused by the disaster. Prevention is to ensure that

human action or natural phenomena do not result in disaster or emergency. Primary

prevention is to reduce -avert- avoid the risk of the event occurring, by getting rid of

the hazard or vulnerability, e.g. to avoid overcrowding, deforestation and to provide

services. Healthier people in a healthy environment will be less vulnerable to most

hazards. E.g. immunizing people against smallpox made them less vulnerable to the

virus, and slowly eradicated the disease. Secondary prevention means to recognise

promptly the event and to reduce its effects, e.g. by staying alert to possible

displacements of population; by being ready to provide immunisation, food, clean

water, sanitation and health care to refugees. Healthier people in a healthy

environment will also be more capable to overcome the emergency.