Enhancement of Living Zone. Recognizing the constraint and expense of importing building material and food, an extensive agrotourism program identifies opportunities for edible forest gardens.

In the United States, the nuclear Regulatory Commission recommends that people living within a 10-mile emergency planning zone around a nuclear plant have access to potassium iodide tablets.

It may be smart to avoid living on the coast, on low-lying land, on a fault zone, in a major city, or on the sides of a volcano.