Reliable drought monitoring and early warning are of critical importance for drought preparedness planning and mitigation to reduce potential impacts.
The uncertainties associated with future impacts on a wide range of economic activities were featured in the 1989 report, while the technical feasibility of both mitigation (reducing/limiting greenhouse gases (GHG)); and adaptation (finding ways to reduce potential impacts through technical means or by changing where and how certain communities live), only began to emerge by 1995.
As the final quality control, to further reduce potential impact of 454-pyrosequencing error, we only included variants that had 2 or more collapsed sequences.
This activity should start from the beginning stages of construction and should be conducted also during exploration and continuing to mine final reclamation to reduce potential natural hazard impact on mining and the natural environment.
The types of adaptation being reported on are predominantly 'hard' in nature, profiling techno-engineering based responses to reduce potential climate change impacts, in contrast to 'soft' responses that seek to enhance resilience.
Our target was to keep the processing time to complete the questionnaire as short as possible in order to reduce potential research fatigue, which could negatively impact data validity.
There remains insufficient evidence in the literature to determine how best to conduct individualised feedback as part of non-RCT research to enhance benefits and reduce harms; in the case of longitudinal studies, it remains unclear how to reduce potential bias, unintended interventionist effects or impact on subsequent wave participation.
Finally, the large sample size allowed us to restrict the study population to those within close proximity of sites that monitor PM2.5 species, thereby reducing potential impacts of pollution measurement error.
One of the key elements in any integrated strategy for the mitigation of landslide hazard is the design of appropriate defensive works, which are intended to reduce the potential impact of landslides on the population and facilities potentially at risk.
Therefore, and especially for high-impact risks, risk management efforts should focus on planning risk responses to reduce their potential impact, should such risks occur.
