3.4 social adaptation strategies

Question 1

what are social adaptation strategies?

Answer 1

-involve preparing communities on how to modify their lifestyles as climate change occurs
-to strengthen community resilience

Question 2

how are social adaptations put in place?

Answer 2

1. through education
2. through raising awareness

Question 3

what are examples of preparing communities?

Answer 3

1. knowing what to do to protect houses from flash floods
2. learning how to prevent heat stress injures due to extremely hot weather.
3. staying hydrated during outdoor exercise in the daytime

Question 4

what is an example of social adaptations through education and raising awareness?

Answer 4

Nepal
-to cope with prolonged drought, communities are taught how to plant more drought-resistant crops
( climate-resilient saplings and drip irrigation)

Question 5

what are limitations of social adaptation strategy?

Answer 5

social:
-hard to change people’s behaviour/mindset
e.g. farmers in Nepal reluctant to grow more drought-resistant crops, they would rather find alternative employment or migrate temporarily