Mitigation Options are actions to reduce or eliminate long-term risks to human life and property, from hazards.

Structural Mitigation Options

Structural mitigation efforts achieve risk reduction through construction, physical alteration, or application of engineering solutions. Non-structural mitigation refers to risk reduction through modification of human behavior that occurs without construction. For this essay, you are required to select one of the hazards listed below and discuss at least two structural and two non-structural mitigation options for dealing with that hazard. For each option, you must describe the nature of the project in detail and describe obstacles that may exist in implementing the project.

Structure your paper as follows:

1. Title
2. Introductory Section • Provide a description of the risks associated with the hazard you have chosen
– Throughout the paper, you are encouraged to refer to an actual disaster(s) resulting from that hazard (see examples above) • Include a paper thesis, i.e. what is the overall argument of the paper?

– e.g. “For this particular hazard, structural mitigation options are most useful for risk reduction”, OR” Both structural and non-structural options must be used in tandem for most effective risk reduction”

3. Structural Mitigation Section

Name a structural mitigation option that can be applied to prevent or decrease the consequences of the hazard
• Describe the nature of the structural mitigation option in detail
• Describe obstacles that may exist in implementing the structural mitigation

4. Non-Structural Mitigation Section

• Name a non-structural mitigation option that you can use to prevent or decrease the consequences of the hazard
• Describe the nature of the non-structural mitigation option in detail
• Further, describe obstacles that may exist in implementing the structural mitigation

5. Discussion/Conclusion

• Discuss whether the structural OR non-structural mitigation intervention is most effective for risk reduction, OR whether both should be applied in tandem
• Additionally, provide reasons to support your argument
• Conclude your paper with an area of future research or a question for readers to ponder over

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