Usage Note:Mitigate,meaning "to make less severe, alleviate" is sometimes used wheremilitate,which means "to cause a change," might be expected. The confusion arises when the subject ofmitigateis an impersonal factor or influence, and the verb is followed by the prepositionagainst,so the meanin...
Developing the riskmitigation strategiesis the last phase ofrisk management activities, which was shown inFigure 4.2 in Chapter 4. This last segment, depicted here inFigure 6.2, includes the inputs of the risk assessment and business impactanalysis data. This information, along with risk mitigation...
Characteristics of the developing world are also present in Guayaquil, evidencing the need for an approach aiming to solve more than one issue at the time. In this context, Flood Risk and Spatial Segregation are the core problems considered for an integrated strategy. Neighbourhoods that show ...
You must contextualize the meaning of activities A1 and A2 by introducing two different domains, stationary goods and raw materials. Using two domains neutralizes the conflict between activities A1 and A2 for the user. In the ARC model, a data domain is identified as a set of data on which ...
As for public health riskh, an increase in the stringency of a measure decreases health risk at a decreasing rate, so\(h'(m) < 0\)and\(h''(m) > 0.\)Unlike\(x_{\theta }\),qandhhave no sector subscript\(\theta\), meaning that environmental qualityqand health riskhare the publ...
With the proper characterization of the fire source and of the building features, FDS can provide information on key variables for WUI risk management. This tool allows for the analysis of a large number of scenarios and can cover the diverse fire safety needs of the WUImicroscale, such as th...
For example, what is the level of risk society is willing to accept in terms of the probability of limiting long-term warming to 1.5 °C? To what extent should we assume that future CDR and CCS can be developed and deployed at scale? Which climate mitigation strategy might be the most...
and the Reference Listed Drug ("RLD") isoperating under a REMS, but these provisionsleave many questions up in the air as to theirmeaning and practical effect. For example, the FDAAA anticipates that a patent...
Gladwell illustrates the degree to which mitigated speech can be detrimental in high risk situations which require clear communication--including a number of commercial airline crashes in the late '90's. He offers an example of an airline crash investigation that showed how, because of mitigated sp...
A model of household preparedness for earthquakes: how individuals make meaning of earthquake information and how this influences preparedness One way to reduce the risk from earthquakes is for individuals to undertake preparations for earthquakes at home. Common preparation measures include gathe... JS...