Those three aspects were part of a continuum since, if prevention and response were effective, issues of compensation and liability need never arise or at least would not involve such high levels of loss.
这三方面是一个连续体的一部分，因为如果预防和应对是有效的话，有关赔偿和责任的问题根本不会产生，至少不会涉及那么严重的损失。