While the idea is popular, politicians are loathe to stack dollars on top of already costly relief measures to fund them, and mitigation can be pricey.
In order to address drought impact, China has formulated a number of policies for drought relief, mitigation and adaption, and enhanced adaptive capacity (Li et al. 2012, 2013).
The Thai government has mounted a massive relief effort, coordinated by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, to respond to needs of some 2.6 million people affected by the floods.
Resource allocation is a common practice in disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, and it often plays an extremely important role in determining the performance of these activities (IPCC 2012; World Bank 2014; UNISDR 2015).
Since the early 2000s, major bilateral and multilateral agencies have endorsed a shift from investing most resources in disaster response, relief, and recovery to enhancing risk predictions, preparedness, and mitigation (UNISDR 2012; USAID 2012).
Beyond Harvey relief and NFIP reform, there are numerous disaster response and mitigation ideas floating around policy circles.
Essential phases of disaster management to improve the effectiveness of the disaster health response have made use of the 'PPRR' continuum of prevention and mitigation (P), preparation and planning (P), response and relief (R), and recovery (R) (2, 3).
Engaging children both in the prevention and mitigation stages of potential disasters and in the rescue, relief, and rehabilitation phases of a disaster has been shown to have positive effects over risk and impact reduction.
