City of Victorville officials are seeking community input via a survey to update its Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.

A moral hazard happens when a party takes an excessive risk or enters a business relationship in bad faith knowing another party is economically responsible for the outcome. For example, during the ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. This chapter examines the role of local land use planning in mitigating the threats ...

Employers should be prepared to address new hazards for chemicals, even for chemicals that have been used in the workplace for years. A key requirement of OSHA's newly revised Hazard Communication ...

During the past three decades, we have seen escalation in the damages caused by natural hazards (van der Wink et al. 1998). It seems as though every year, Americans are recovering from one natural ...

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is a standardized, international approach to hazard communication. The standard, which was previously known as the 'Right ...