1.4 - Resilience and Adaptive Capacity
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Practice Questions
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What is urban resilience?
💡 Hint: Think about how cities respond to storms or floods.
Name one coping strategy used by communities in Dhaka.
💡 Hint: Consider how residents adjust their homes or surroundings.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does urban resilience primarily focus on?
💡 Hint: Recall the primary aim of resilience in urban planning.
True or False: Increased income diversity in households is linked to improved resilience against climate change.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to households with only one income source.
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Challenge Problems
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Devise a plan for a fictional community struggling with flooding. Identify at least three adaptation strategies.
💡 Hint: Think about different physical and social solutions.
Discuss the role of governmental policies in enhancing urban resilience in impoverished areas, providing two examples.
💡 Hint: Connect policy with community needs.
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