Adaptation strategies Flashcards
What are adaptation strategies?
Efforts to adjust to climate change and its effects in order to reduce harm to people, environment, and properties.
What is a seawall?
A wall constructed along the coast to prevent the sea from advancing onto the land.
What is the purpose of a seawall?
To protect people, properties, and environments from coastal floods.
Give an example of where seawalls are built.
East Coast Park (ECP), Singapore.
seawalls protect the. coastline from sea level rise
What is a polder?
Low-lying land surrounded and protected by barriers known as dykes.
How does a polder protect against flooding?
Excess water is pumped out from the polder, protecting people, properties and environments from sea level rise, and coastal floods
Give an example of where polders have been constructed.
The Netherlands.
What are water storage tanks used for?
To store excess storm water during periods of excessive rainfall to slow down the water from rushing into canals and drains. prevents fflooding in canals and drains
What is the Stamford Detention Tank?
A facility in Singapore that stores excess water temporarily and releases it back into drains when levels fall.
What is a limitation of structural adaptation strategies?
Costly to build structures like seawalls and polders strong enough to protect communities.
What social impact can the construction of adaptation structures have?
Eviction of informal communities, who may resist due to lack of suitable relocation options.
What is the SG 30 by 30 plan?
A plan aiming to increase local food supply to account for 30% of residents’ nutritional needs by 2030.
Why is Singapore’s food supply vulnerable?
Currently, 90% of Singapore’s food is imported.
What are high-tech vegetable farms?
Farms that can be monitored remotely and allow for faster harvesting.
What are high tech fish farms
farm that have high tech water tanks tat can monitor water quality and check if fishes have diseases. This enables swift action to be taken to prevent the spread of diseases
What are high tech egg farms
farms that can bee automate such that eggs can undergo checks faster, and manpower can be allocated to other needs on the farm
What is a limitation of technological adaptation strategies?
Very costly, which may not be feasible for countries with limited funding.
eg. as part of the singapore 30 by 30 plan, $40 million has been used to fund nine hgh tech farms to use automation and artificial intelligence to increase food production
What do social adaptation strategies focus on?
Raising awareness and educating communities on how to respond to climate change impacts.
How can education help communities in Nepal cope with drought?
By teaching them to plant more drought-resistant crops like apples.
What is an institutional adaptation strategy?
Establishing national policies and organizations to coordinate climate action.
What role does the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) play in Singapore?
Oversees climate resilience and creates a national framework for climate adaptation.
What is the purpose of ASEAN cooperation on the environment?
To safeguard the interests of Southeast Asia and collaboratively develop climate outlooks.
What is a limitation of institutional adaptation strategies?
Countries may have competing national priorities and lack capacity to finance adaptation projects.
Fill in the blank: A _______ is constructed to prevent coastal flooding.
[seawall]
