Exam 7: Hazard Mitigation

Land-use practices are defined by the ways people use the land.

Disasters are a sign that current development practices are not viable over the long term.

Buildings constructed from brick, stone, or concrete masonry units respond poorly to____________.

How can zoning mitigate hazards?

__________________are most commonly used to divert flood water past communities.

In order to protect structures from airborne firebrands, avoid building on sites on top of a slope or near a canyon draw.

One of the methods for providing protection from hydrological hazards is wet ___________.

Building codes only work if the local adopting agencies are willing to____________ them.

The United States has become less concerned with sustainability as the costs of disaster response and recovery have risen.

Property owners can change their construction practices voluntarily because of risk communication and incentives or change involuntarily because of building code requirements.

Structures can be significantly protected from wind damage by installing stronger than normal connections among the foundation, walls, rafters or roof trusses, and roof decking.

Local governments often feel that federal and state mandates are overly restrictive and do not provide enough funding.

States must update hazard mitigation plans within _____________ months of a presidential disaster declaration as a condition for receiving federal disaster assistance.

Local building codes are based on model building codes that are established by:

A guiding principle for natural hazard mitigation is:

A category of hazard mitigation strategy is

Among the tools available to local governments for hazard mitigation are:

Name and describe two of the three ways the local government can influence land use practices.

Principles for protecting buildings from wind hazard do not apply to seismic protection.

The local government has little influence over land-use practices.