EARTHSC 2GG3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Volcanic Explosivity Index, Mount Pinatubo, Andesite
30 Sep 2013
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Mitigation: efforts to prepare for a disaster and reduce its damage (ex. levees, government policy, education) Land-use planning: find out where disasters are likely to occur and restrict development there. Reserve land for parks and natural areas. Limit housing/industrial development on floodplains, near the coast, near active volcanoes. Hard to do this because people want to live close to coast, river, etc. and will fight against land-use restrictions. Developers, companies and governments allow people to move into hazardous areas. Do not want to lessen value and scare off clients. Insurance: shields people from major losses they cannot afford. Risk: a hazard considered in the light of its recurrence interval and the expected costs, greater hazard and shorter recurrence interval mean greater risk, hard to estimate the recurrence interval. Private insurance companies do not want to offer disaster policies because could put company out of business. Earthquake insurance is available where there are few earthquakes (ex.
