3.7 - England Adaptation

Question 1

Mitigation

Answer 1

Reducing the risk

Question 2

Adaptation

Answer 2

Changing in order to deal with the risk

Question 3

Water Conservation and Managements

Answer 3

Water saving irrigation methods
Recyle more groundwater
High tech conservation (Singapore)

Question 4

Resilient Agricultural System

Answer 4

Higher tech drought resilient species
China resistant crops and late growing season
Promotion of better agricultural processes (water storage, irrigation and less ploughing).

Question 5

Water Conservation And Management (-)

Answer 5

Difficult in water dependant areas and requires a stable government to change attitudes (Singapore).

Question 6

Resilient Agricultural System (-)

Answer 6

More expesnive technology requirede, won’t work for subsistence farmers, high energy costs, genetic modification is still debated.

Question 7

Land-Use Planning

Answer 7

Increase resilience of buildings (retrofit, sandbags and walls).
Building restructions and laws for vulenrable areas and run off controls.
Hard engineering, river dredging
Soft engineering - Afforestation –> less runoff, permeable tarmac, flood resistant housing

Question 8

Land-Use Planning (-)

Answer 8

Compensation will be required and property values will decrease.

Question 9

Solar Radiation Management

Answer 9

More water into the atmosphere, decreased energy reaching the planet.
Increases the amount of reflected solar radiation before it reaches the surface
Spray seawater atmosphere, increases condensation, increases clouds, increases reflection.

Question 10

Solar Radiation Management (-)

Answer 10

However, extremely expesnvie, $5bn per disc, untried/untested, positive feedback cycle, unpredictable weather changes, may affect the stability at the O-Zone layer, increases heat and increasing acid rain.