Exam 12: Mitigation Best Practices

Cyclone shelters are wooden buildings where the ground floor is kept open for free flow of tidal surges.

Which of the following is one of the key phases in the earthquake management policies of Tokyo Gas Company?

Which strategy tactics were included in the Cedar Rapids River Corridor Redevelopment Plan?

Insurance can play a role with both building codes and mitigation practices that private homeowners can take to reduce their vulnerability, insurance costs and damages.

The world's deadliest cyclone occurred in Bangladesh in 1970 that killed about 300,000 to 500,000 people.

Massachusetts does have state-level hazard planning requirements as well as county governments to create county hazard mitigation plans.

The 2011 Great Tōhoku Earthquake (9.0 magnitude) was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Earth.

Hurricane Ike is the third costliest hurricane in U.S. history.

Chose the best answer to complete the following statement: ________________ consists of more than 1000 small, low-lying coral reef islands encompassing an area of about 35,000 square miles (90,000 sq. kilometers).

Which of the following is not one of the five priority areas of focus for Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) in Canada?

Chose the best answer to complete the following statement: Lee County created a joint planning effort in 2007 with its five municipalities as a model for _________ coordination

Which of the following is a goal of the Maldives' Safe Island Programme (SIP)?

The Galveston County Daily News that suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Ike, is the oldest newspaper in Texas.

The goal of Philippines's Seismic Retrofit Program is to strengthen the public school buildings in the Metro Manila region to withstand earthquake as well as other natural hazards.

Protecting animals in disasters is a necessity in Australia as more than half of the Australians own pets.

Which of the following was one of the earliest communities in the United States to quantify and map flood elevations and floodplain boundaries based on "build-out land-use" conditions?

Which of the following is a recommendation for business continuity by the Galveston County Daily News?

How many phases were required for the Cedar Rapids River Corridor Redevelopment Plan to be implemented?

Which of the following program was created in response to the tornado outbreak in April 27, 2011?

Chose the best answer to complete the following statement: The safety feature to elevate the house more than the required elevation, which provides added protection and results in lower flood insurance premiums, is known as ________________.