Gail Atkinson's (Canada Research Chair in Earthquake Hazards and Ground

Gail Atkinson's (Canada Research Chair in Earthquake Hazards and Ground Motions) approach to mitigating earthquake risk is ____________________.

A) to predict when and where earthquakes will occur
B) to organize a large scale evacuation
C) to replace foundation material (soil material) below buildings with more earthquake resistant material
D) to destroy all buildings which are not earthquake resistant
E) to understand the expected ground motions and design buildings to withstand them