[Grammar] Ask for proofread an expression

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Development of technologies for an integrated smart solution to actively respond against geohazards

(1) "respond against" , "respond to", which is more suitable in this case?
(2) Is this expression awkward? If it is, which part should be corrected how?

Thank you in advance.
 
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Development of technologies for an integrated smart solution to actively respond against geohazards ...

(1) Is "respond against" or "respond to" [STRIKE], which is[/STRIKE] more suitable in this case?
(2) Is this expression awkward? If it is, which part should be corrected and how?

Thank you in advance.

Please note my corrections above, particularly to how to construct question 1.

I assume you didn't put a punctuation mark after "geohazards" because it is not the end of the sentence. I have added an ellipsis to make that clear. Please give us the rest of the sentence so that we can try to answer your questions. In case you thought it was a complete sentence, I can tell you that it isn't.

I can say the following though:

1) We don't say "respond against".
2) It's not an expression. It's not awkward; it's wrong. We can't show you properly how to correct it until we have the complete sentence.
 

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We do respond to, though.
 

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Development of technologies for an integrated smart solution to actively respond [STRIKE]against[/STRIKE] to geohazards
As stated above, that is not a sentence, but it can work as a heading or title.
How/where do you intend to use it?
 

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As teechar said, that is a title (of a researh project). I was confused because I saw some examples such as "Respond Against Violence". Thanks, all you guys.
 

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As teechar said, that is a title (of a researh project). I was confused because I saw some examples such as "Respond Against Violence". Thanks, all you guys.

Where did you see the examples? "Respond against" is wrong. You can say "protest against" though. With prepositions, that is the way it is.
 
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