Mitigation attempts to eliminate hazard risk by reducing either the likelihood or the consequences of the risk associated with the particular hazard.
Preparedness seeks to improve the abilities of agencies and individuals to respond to the consequences of a disaster event once the disaster has occurred.
Introduction to Emergency Management Fourth Edition George Haddow, Jane Bullock, Damon Coppola pg. 102
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Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola (2008) discuss the difference between mitigation and preparedness in their book Introduction to Emergency Management 3rd edition by stating, "Preparedness deals with the functional aspects of emergency management, such as the response to and recovery from a disaster, whereas mitigation attempts to lessen these effects through predisaster actions, as simple as striving to create "disaster-resistant" communities" (p. 185). Reference: Haddow G. D., Bullock J. A., Coppola D. P. (2008) Introduction to Emergency Management (3rd ed.). Oxford: Elsevier.
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