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.
-Ditches along a road are cleaned to remove vegetation and debris.

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Cleaning ditches to remove vegetation and debris is a hard approach as it involves physical alteration to improve drainage and reduce landslide risk.

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