Mitigation The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters.
The social and economic impacts of hazards in Baden-Württemberg need further investigation.
Here, vulnerability to hazards is viewed as a linear, negative outcome of exposure to a hazard, measured potential of impact and loss, and realized impacts of hazards.
The study provided findings that there are environmental justice issues as a result of environmental decision making of siting NPPs without considering unequal impacts of hazards from them.
Therefore mitigation strategies, here defined as 'The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters' (UNISDR [2009]), should be considered.
Whether to consider indirect impacts of hazards through network connections will also make a great difference in assessing the vulnerability of a network system.
Vulnerability was traditionally viewed as a linear, negative outcome of a population's physical exposure to hazard, measured potential of impact and loss, and realized impacts of hazards (White 1973).
The operationalization of the mobility-related provisions of the SFDRR points to a broad set of measures that may contribute to reducing the impacts of hazards and strengthening people's resilience.
In increasingly diverse societies, including migrants in DRR and disaster risk management (DRM) efforts is essential both to reducing the overall impacts of hazards and to harnessing all available resources to prevent, cope with, and recover from disasters.
In June 2015, the document was formally adopted by the UN General Assembly, and stands now as the global blueprint for all efforts aiming to reduce the impacts of hazards on people, communities, and societies over the next 15 years.
