Sustainability & Resilience Flashcards
1
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Sustainability is the capacity for:
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- Human health and well being
- Economic vitality and prosperity
- Environment Resource abundance
2
Q
Sustainability always us to…
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Put a filter between us and the things in the world
3
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Resilience is the capacity to:
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- Overcome unexpected problems
- Adapt to change
• Sea level rise
• Climate change - Prepare for and survive catastrophes
4
Q
Sustainable Urbanization
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Objective for managing dynamics of future city development to achieve desirable environmental, social, economic and political-instituional outcome for long term
5
Q
Resilience
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Generally conceived as the ability of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize to retain essentially the same function, structure, identity, and feedback
6
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Sustainable Development
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Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
