Build sustainable developement in urban area.

Question 1

Environmental Stewardship

Answer 1

• Actions taken by individuals or group to protect, care or responsibly use the enviroment to pursue enviromental or social outcomes.
• Practised by individuals, goverments, organizations
• Actions involved:
  + Conserve natural resources
  + Preserve existing natural environment
  + Repair and reverse the damages caused by human
• Can be achieved by:
  + Promote voluntereerism, so that residents can be aware what they should to protect, and responsibly use the enviroment)
  (NParks Board- Friends of the Parks)
  + Partnership with stakeholder to contribute to environment stewardship efforts.
  (e.g: National Environment Agency=> Engage residents on importance of waste recycling)

Question 2

Disaster Risk Management

Answer 2

• Plans and actions taken to prevent new risks from happening, reducing existing risks and manage disaster risks
• Strengthen community resillience
• Strategies to reduce
  + exposure to hazard
  + vulnerability to hazard
  e.g: SCDF: Singapore Civil Defence Foorce)- secure public safety, prevent disease, injury
• Focus on:
  + Improve emergency preparedness
• CEPP: Community Emergency Preparedness programme to provide life-saving skills
  + Implement mornitering, warning systemL
  Public Warning System: warns public of imminent threats(disaster)

Question 3

Community Resillience

Answer 3

• People come together to resist, adapt, recover from impacts of disasters in timely, efficent manner
  Developed by:
• Strengthen relationships+ Raising awareness
  => DRM effective when wide spread support, participation.
• Residents are encourage to build close relationships
  e.g: During covid-19, there are residents putting mask and hand sanitizers on the lift of the HDB.
• Developing abilities to organize and equip themselves with resources to resist, adapt and recover from disaster
• involvd in planning process with community leaders, organization and government to minimize potential hazards, understanding the risks
  e.g: The total defence framework to response to threats and build a strong, secure, cohesive nation