GEL 2.3 Developing Sustainable Neighbourhoods (ii)

What is sustainable development?

• Actions taken to strengthen relationships among residents
• Development that meets the needs of the present population while ensuring future generations can meet their needs as well
• Actions taken to reduce risks and prevent risks
• Actions taken to protect, care, and use the environment responsibly

Which of the following shows that there is ECONOMIC sustainability?

• The natural environment is protected, so that natural resources can continue meet the needs of current and future generations

• Businesses have enough customers to sustain and provide the goods & services to meet the needs of current and future generations.

• Residents wants to stay in a neighbourhood as they feel included, have a sense of identity and belonging to the neighbourhood and community. Hence ensuring the community can last into the future.

Answer explanation

"Economic" deals with buying, selling, making of goods and providing services, income and money. Hence, it is not about the natural environment and not the social relationships in a community.

Which of the following shows that there is SOCIAL sustainability?

• The natural environment is protected, so that natural resources can continue meet the needs of current and future generations

• Businesses have enough customers to sustain and provide the goods & services to meet the needs of current and future generations.

• Residents wants to stay in a neighbourhood as they feel included, have a sense of identity and belonging to the neighbourhood and community. Hence ensuring the community can last into the future.

Answer explanation

"Social" deals with the relationships between people, not businesses, and not the natural environment.

Which of the following shows that there is ENVIRONMENTAL sustainability?

• The natural environment is protected, so that natural resources can continue meet the needs of current and future generations

• Businesses have enough customers to sustain and provide the goods & services to meet the needs of current and future generations.

• Residents wants to stay in a neighbourhood as they feel included, have a sense of identity and belonging to the neighbourhood and community. Hence ensuring the community can last into the future.

Answer explanation

"Environmental" deals with the natural environment, not businesses, and not the social relationships in a community.

All hazards WILL lead to disasters.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Not all hazards will lead to disasters. E.g. a volcano in the middle of the ocean erupting is not likely to affect anyone as there is no one living there!

What is disaster risk management?

• Actions taken to reduce and prevent disaster risks

• Actions taken to strengthen relationships among residents

• Actions taken to develop residents' ability to resist, adapt, and recover from a disaster

• Actions taken to protect, care, and use the environment responsibly

How can a neighborhood reduce its exposure to hazards?

• By ensuring less people and properties are in hazardous areas
• By promoting volunteerism among neighborhood residents
• By developing residents' ability to resist, adapt, and recover from a disaster
• By strengthening relationships among residents

What is environmental stewardship?

• Actions taken to protect, care, and use the environment responsibly
• Actions taken to develop residents' ability to resist, adapt, and recover from a disaster
• Actions taken to reduce risks and prevent risks
• Actions taken to strengthen relationships among residents

What are the way(s) to drive environmental stewardship?

• Developing residents' ability to resist, adapt, and recover from a disaster

• Promoting volunteerism among neighbourhood residents to share knowledge on how to use and protect the natural environment

• Reduce neighbourhood's exposure to hazards

• Neighbourhoods form PARTNERSHIP with public and private sectors to provide resources & expertise to drive efforts

Promoting volunteerism and partnering with different stakeholders are ways to ensure ____

• Environmental stewardship

• Disaster Risk management

• Community Resilience