Module 2 – Background Mitigation and Risk Reduction Required Reading Earthquake risk reduction: Addressing the unmet challenges; the need for an interdisciplinary research approach (2008). Earthquake Engineering Research Group. Retrieved from https://www.eeri.org/site/images/free_pubs/InterdisciplinaryResearch_white_paper.pdf Introduction to Mitigation, Lesson 4 (2010). Emergency Management Institute. Retrieved from https://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is393alst.asp Read Lesson 4: “Building and Implementing a Community Hazard Mitigation Plan.” National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (2012). FEMA. Retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/national-earthquake-hazards-reduction-program Piotrowski, C.. (2010). Earthquake in Haiti: A failure in crisis management? Organization Development Journal, 28(1), 107-112. Retrieved from ProQuest. (Document ID: 1979164211). Optional Reading Erdik, M., & Durukal, E. (2008). Earthquake risk and its mitigation in Istanbul. Natural Hazards, 44(2), 181–197. from ProQuest. (Document ID: 1896993931). Iuchi, K., & Esnard, A.M. (2008). Earthquake impact mitigation in poor urban areas :The case of Metropolitan Manila. Disaster Prevention and Management, 17(4), 454–469. Retrieved from ProQuest. (Document ID: 1554388011). Mitigation is action taken to eliminate or reduce the impact of hazards which exist within a community. 1. What mitigation measures would you recommend for your community? 2. Describe the topology, types of hazards. A natural disaster? A potential man-made disaster? What would you base your decisions on?
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