Use the following information to answer the following questions. There are two main approaches to reducing the risk from landslides; hard and soft. Hard approaches involve construction of retaining walls, slope reduction, and drainage improvements. Soft approaches include zoning restrictions and land use regulations. Read the following mass wasting scenarios to determine if the event involved hard, soft, or both approaches.
-A homeowner has the foundation of his house reinforced to lessen the effects of liquefaction.

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Hard approaches involve construction of retaining walls, slope reduction, and drainage improvements. Reinforcing the foundation of a house to lessen the effects of liquefaction is a hard approach.

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