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Adaptation

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The process of making adjustments to actual or expected hazards to moderate harm or take advantage of beneficial opportunities.

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Aerial images

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Images taken from an aircraft or flying objects like drones

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Air pollution

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The presence of contaminant or pollutant substances in the air that do not disperse properly and hence interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful environmental effects.

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Aquatic

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Related to water bodies like rivers and lakes

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Best-fit-time

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A straight line drawn on a scatter plot to show the relationship between two variables.

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Built environment

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The design and configuration of roads, buildings, structures and spaces.

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Closed-ended questions

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Questions that offer limited responses.

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Cluster

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A number of similar objects that are located close to one another

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Community

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A group of people in a particular place who has a sense of belonging both to the place and to the group

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Community Resilience

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The ability of a community to resist, adapt and recover from the impacts of disasters in a timely and efficient manner.

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Correlation

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The degree of association between two variables

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Cultural services

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Non-material benefits people obtain from ecosystems and include aesthetic experiences, education and recreation.

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Disaster Risk Management

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Applying plans and actions to prevent new risks, reduce existing risk and manage disaster risks, thus contributing to the strengthening of resilience.

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Economic sustainability

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To ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous, fulfilling lives and economic progress can occur in harmony with nature.

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Ecosystems

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A dynamic complex of plant, animal and microorganism communities and the non-living environment interacting as a functional unit.

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Ecosystem services

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The benefits people obtain from ecosystems to make human life possible. It is categorised into provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services.

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Environmental protection

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Any activity to protect, conserve and restore natural habitats and species.

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Environmental Protection

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Any activity to protect, conserve and restore natural habitats and species.

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Environmental Stewardship

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The actions taken by individuals or groups, to protect, care for or responsibly use the environment to pursue environment and social outcome

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Environment sustainability

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To sustainably manage natural resources and take urgent action on climate change to support the needs of present and future generations.

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Exposure

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The situation of people and their belongings located in hazard-prone areas.

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Gathering places

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Spaces where people are able to congregate and interact

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Geometry

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Shape, spatial configuration or arrangement of objects.

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Hazards

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Processes, phenomena or human activities that may cause loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation.

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Influence
Effect on people or objects, causing significant changes
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Landmarks
Buildings or structures with distinguishing characteristics that are easily recognised.
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Legend
Lists the symbols used and explains what is being mapped
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Living communities
Communities of living things, including living organisms like humans, animals, plants, insects and bacteria.
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Mean
Sum of all the values in the data set divided by the number of values in the data set.
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Meanings
Significant ideas that individuals associate with a location.
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Measure of central tendency
Measurements finding the central value in set of data.
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Measure of frequency
Measurements finding the number of times something occurs.
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Media
Range from entertainment to news media, including traditional media such as television, and new media such as social media.
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Median
Middle value for set of data that has been arranged in ascending order.
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Memories
Significant experiences of a location that individuals remember.
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Mode
The most frequent value in data set.
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Nature Area
Also known as natural environment, it refers to the nonhuman world, which are areas that are untouched or barely affected by humans.
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Neighbourhood
A sub-division of an urban area that is distinguished by some character or quality, where residents share commonalities.
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Nested Areas
An area located within a larger area.
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Non-living environment
The environment which consists of non-living components like rocks, soil, water, sunlight and the built environment.
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Non-probability sampling
A sampling technique where samples are non-randomly selected. often using the researchers' conscious decision.
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Non-random
Not random; elements do not have an equal probability of occurrence.
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Open-ended questions
Questions that allow participants to give free-form responses.
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Outlier
A data point that differs from the majority of the data set or does that fit the overall relationship. It need not be an extreme value.
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Pollutant
Substance that is present in concentrations that may harm humans, plants and animals
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Pollution
The introduction of harmful substances into the environment.
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Polygons
Fully enclosed areas or regions on the map.
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Precincts
An area with 400 to 800 residential units, a public housing planning concept in Singapore.
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Probability sampling
A sampling technique where samples are randomly selected, without the researchers' conscious decision.
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Provisioning services
Tangible resources that people can get from ecosystems such as food, water, and wood.
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Recreation
Any voluntary activity undertaken for purposes of enjoyment, pleasure, and personal satisfaction.
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Regulating Services
Benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes including microclimate regulation, flood mitigation, and air and water quality control.
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Sample size
The number of participants in a study or other units of observation.
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Sampling
Selecting a portion of a population being studied, usually to make generalisations about the population.
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Scatterplot
A type a chart used to observe the relationship between two variables.
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Semi-structured interview
A flexible interview that does not follow fixed set of questions and is dependent on responses given by the participants.
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Social sustainability
To ensure that societies are inclusive and resilient, where residents have a voice.
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Soil Erosion
Soil particles being detached, transported and deposited by water, wind, gravity, animals or plants.
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Spatial Information
Two-dimensional information represented by points, lines and regions. In maps, spatial information makes references to specific location or geographical area.
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Standard of living
Measure of the consumption of goods and services by an individual or group
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Study area
Physical area of fieldwork investigation
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Supporting services
Services necessary for the functioning of all other ecosystem services, including soil formation, pollination and photosynthesis.
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Synergies
Improved results when two or more people or organisations work together.
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Tendency
An inclination towards a particular outcome
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Terrestrial
Related to land
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Thesis
An idea, opinion or theory of a person expressed as a statement.
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(Urban) Neighbourhood
A sub-division of an urban area that is distinguished by some characteristics or quality, where residents share commonalities.
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Variable
An element, feature, or factor that can take on different values
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Vegetation
The collection of plant life that provides ground cover in a region
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Volunteerism
The practice of providing time and skills for the benefit of other people and causes rather than for financial benefit.
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Vulnerability
The conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors, which increase the susceptibility of people and their belongings to the impacts of hazards.
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Wildlife
Animals of a wild nature including their young or eggs
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Word cloud
Collection of words depicted in different sizes.

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