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EQ3: How successful is the management of tectonic hazards and disasters? MatchUp
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Earthquake-resistant design
Earthquake drills
Barriers and deflectors
Knowing shelter locations and routes, preparing grab bags and securing homes
Long-term responses
Short-term responses
Early warning system
A shelter
Providing emergency shelter and supplies, burying the dead and clearing roads
Rebuilding and planning for next time
Hazard maps or plans
Start as soon as the ground has stopped shaking or the volcano is finishing erupting.
Occur in the months and years following the earthquake or volcanic eruption.
Examples of short-term responses.
Examples of long-term responses.
Take place in schools – such as in Japan – practice for the real event.
Monitoring for signs of an imminent earthquake, and alerting people to take cover.
Temporary accommodation, stocked with equipment and supplies.
Adding features to a building at construction such as cross-bracing, rubber feet and counterbalances.
Ways that individuals can prepare for a hazard.
Structures built to stop, reduce or divert the flow of lahars, lava or pyroclastic flows.
Zoning and area according to risk.