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| 1-1 of 1Mitigation flashcard sets | |||
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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Contracts: Mitigation Principle of Damagesby gmeads | 5 terms | November 16, 2007 |
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| mitigation definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | the policy of constructing or creating man-made habitats, such as wetlands, to replace those lost to development | 11 sets | |
| 2 | duty of parties to minimize damages after an injury is sustained or a breach occurs | 5 sets | |
| 3 | the policy of construction or creating man-made habitats, such as wetlands, to replace those lost to development | 5 sets | |
| 4 | the policy of constructing or creating man-made habitats, such as wetlands, to replace those lost to development. | 4 sets | |
| 5 | lessening of something that causes suffering | 4 sets | |
| 6 | trying to avoid, reduce, or compensate for an impact | 3 sets | |
| 7 | to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious | 3 sets | |
| 8 | act of something less severe | 2 sets | |
| 9 | lessening of something that causes suffering. | 2 sets | |
| 10 | water conservation, improved technology (soil moisture measurements), water metering, dry-land farming, "buffalo commons" approach | 1 set | |
| 11 | lessening of liability, penalty or punishment | 1 set | |
| 12 | any event, person or object that lessens the degree of pain in grief | 1 set | |
| 13 | n.緩和;減輕 | 1 set | |
| 14 | to become less harsh | 1 set | |
| 15 | a response to climate change - we must reduce the rate at which emissions are added to the biosphere to coming changes. sig - changing our lifestyle to prevent climate change | 1 set | |
| 16 | general term for applying strategies to solve environmental problems | 1 set | |
| 17 | leevendus | 1 set | |
| 18 | trying to reduce impact of a disaster. | 1 set | |
| 19 | linderung, milderung (auch jur.) | 1 set | |
| 20 | softening. in pragmatics, a phrase or tone of voice to reduce the possible negative impact of what is said. | 1 set | |
| 21 | action by an aggrieved party to reduce the extent of loss caused by the breach of the contract | 1 set | |
| 22 | mapping (where and how often they occur, weak slopes, pre-existing landslides) | 1 set | |
| 23 | trying to avoid or compensate for an impact; avoidance, trade-off, reduction/minimization, or reclamation | 1 set | |
| 24 | that reduces greenhouse gas emissions | 1 set | |
| 25 | reducing damages if reasonably possible | 1 set | |
| 26 | avoids, reduces, compensates | 1 set | |
| 27 | relief | 1 set | |
| 28 | the prevention or reduction of severity of an undesired event | 1 set | |
| 29 | the act of revising the project's scope, budget, schedule or quality, preferably without material impact on the project's objectivies, in order to reduce uncertainty on the project. | 1 set | |
| 30 | identification and implementation of methods. | 1 set | |
| 31 | the process of taking actions to reduce or prevent the impact of a disaster that is expected to occur. | 1 set | |
| 32 | the policy of constructing or creating man made habits | 1 set | |
| 33 | making less severe [mitigate (v)] | 1 set | |
| 34 | act of making something less severe | 1 set | |
| 35 | to make less severe | 1 set | |
| 36 | to lessen in force or insensity | 1 set | |
| 37 | driver side, bottom 2 | 1 set | |
| 38 | officer side, vertical 1 | 1 set | |
| 39 | moderation or postponement of global warming through measures that buy us time to further our understanding of global warming and to pursue more permanent solutions, tree planting, carbon management | 1 set | |
| 40 | a riverfront community builds a retaining wall to divert flood water way from the town. this is an example of | 1 set | |