Topic 2.4 - Building sustainable urban neighbourhoods Flashcards
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What is environmental stewardship?
Environmental stewardsip refers to the actions taken by individuals or groups, to protect, care for or responsibly use the environment to pursue environmental and/or social outcomes
What should environmental stewardship actions seek to do?
Environmental stewarship actions should seek to conserve natural resources, preserve the exisiting natural environment, and whenever possible, repair the damages and reverse the imapcts caused by humans to ensure its sustainability
What are the 2 ways of achieving environmental stewardship?
promoting volunteerism and partnership of public and private sectors
How does promoting volunteerism help with environmental stewardship?
Volunteers in the community promote and share the importance of leading eco-friendly lifestyles with others. It can strengthen resource conservation and the protection of the ecosystem. As a result, more residents may become more aware of what they can and should do to responsibly use and protect the natural environment, thus enhancing environmental stewardship of the community.
How does partnership of public and private sectors help environmental stewardship?
The collaboration of the different resources, perspectives and expertise enhances environmental stewardship efforts
disaster risk definition
Disaster risks refer to the likelihood of damage to properties, injuries and loss of lives from a disaster in a given period of time
Disaster risks are the product of the interaction between 3 main factors, namely _______
characteristics of the hazard, impacts of hazard on people and their belongings ( vulnerability ), exposure of people and their belongings located in hazard-prone areas
Disaster risk management definition
Disaster risk management refers to plans and actions that are implemented to prevent new risks from happening, reduce exisiting risks and manage disaster risks
Does disaster risk management help strengthen community resilience?
Yes
What does disaster risk management strategies aim to reduce?
- reduce a nigbourhood’s exposure to hazards
- reduce the vulnerability of people and properties to hazards
Example of Singapore’s comprehensice disaster risk management plan
The SCDF ( singapore civil defense force ) is the main agency to respong to disasters. The town councils also cooperate with other government agencies in securing public’s safety and preventing disease or injury
What does Singapore’s disaster risk management strategies mainy focus on?
- Improving residents’ emergency preparedeness to respond to natural and technological hazards,
- Implementation of monitoring and warning systems
Example of improving residents’ emergency preparedeness
Singapore Civil defense Force conducts a Community Emergency Preparedeness Programme (CEPP), which focuses on lifesaving key skills and important emergency procedures
Example of an implementation of monitoring and warning systems
Singapore Civil Defence Force had a Public Warning System (PWS) which is a network of sirens placed at atrategic point througout the city. These sirens warns the public of imminent threats that may endager lives and property such as natural and man-made disasters
Community resilience definition
Community resilience refers to the ability of a community to resist, adap to and recover from impacts of disasters in a timely and efficient manner
2 ways community resilience can be developed?
- strengthening relationship among residents and raising their awareness of potential hazards,
- developing residents’ ability to organise themselves and equip themselves with resources to resist, adapt and recover from a disaster
