3. WHAT IS RESILIENCE?
Ecosystem resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to abide perturbance without collapsing into a qualitatively different state that is controlled by a different set of processes. A resilient ecosystem can withstand shocks and reconstitute itself when indispensable. Resilience in convivial systems has the integrated capacity of humans to anticipate and plan for the future. Humans are a component of the natural world. We depend on ecological systems for our survival and we perpetually impact the ecosystems in which we live from the local to ecumenical scale. Resilience is a property of these linked convivial-ecological systems (SES). "Resilience" as applied to ecosystems, or to integrated systems of people and the natural …show more content…
In today’s world cities face so many challenges, the major challenges being urbanisation and climate change. Climate change is inextricably linked to the process of urbanization where traditional quandaries like rapid population magnification, incrementing demand for housing space, desideratum for support infrastructure (especially transport and sanitation) are exacerbated by the authoritative ordinance to accommodate the impacts of climate change in the orchestrating process (Clark, 2009). As a replication to these challenges such as the rapid urban magnification, mainly lies in innovative development of green infrastructure. Utilizing the environment as an implement which not only ascertains resilience, but withal includes environmental and well-being benefits. Cities are a consequential habitat for an assessment of physical, economic, gregarious, political and cultural capital. Given this paramountcy, there is a desideratum to cerebrate conscientiously about the nature, operation and form of cities concretely in deference to the challenging issue of …show more content…
Reactive measure rectifies prior environmental damages, proactive measure is taken to enhance environmental quality and lastly integrative environmental orchestrating involves early and substantive consideration of environmental and gregarious factors in the formulation of development plans and projects (Randolph.J, 2004:178). Environmental planners perpetually work within the context of policy agenda framed at sundry tiers in the public and private sector hierarchies and the role of environmental planners require a balance between resources human extract from the environment and the waste which we return to it (Paul H. Selman, Selman.P, 2009:21). Town planners are urged to orchestrate around the environment ascertaining that green infrastructure is provided for and sustained within the city.
Green infrastructure holds different interpretations for different people. In an urban area, from a convivial and recreational perspective, it may refer to the trees in the city which provide the compulsory ‘green’ benefits, while from an engineering perspective it may involve the integration of several technical approaches (like swales, green roofs, gardens and parks) applied to facilitate sundry environmental benefits. Researchers along the years have seen that green infrastructure provides the following benefits within the city (Ranjha, 2016): Water management (Ellis,
Ecosystem resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to abide perturbance without collapsing into a qualitatively different state that is controlled by a different set of processes. A resilient ecosystem can withstand shocks and reconstitute itself when indispensable. Resilience in convivial systems has the integrated capacity of humans to anticipate and plan for the future. Humans are a component of the natural world. We depend on ecological systems for our survival and we perpetually impact the ecosystems in which we live from the local to ecumenical scale. Resilience is a property of these linked convivial-ecological systems (SES). "Resilience" as applied to ecosystems, or to integrated systems of people and the natural …show more content…
In today’s world cities face so many challenges, the major challenges being urbanisation and climate change. Climate change is inextricably linked to the process of urbanization where traditional quandaries like rapid population magnification, incrementing demand for housing space, desideratum for support infrastructure (especially transport and sanitation) are exacerbated by the authoritative ordinance to accommodate the impacts of climate change in the orchestrating process (Clark, 2009). As a replication to these challenges such as the rapid urban magnification, mainly lies in innovative development of green infrastructure. Utilizing the environment as an implement which not only ascertains resilience, but withal includes environmental and well-being benefits. Cities are a consequential habitat for an assessment of physical, economic, gregarious, political and cultural capital. Given this paramountcy, there is a desideratum to cerebrate conscientiously about the nature, operation and form of cities concretely in deference to the challenging issue of …show more content…
Reactive measure rectifies prior environmental damages, proactive measure is taken to enhance environmental quality and lastly integrative environmental orchestrating involves early and substantive consideration of environmental and gregarious factors in the formulation of development plans and projects (Randolph.J, 2004:178). Environmental planners perpetually work within the context of policy agenda framed at sundry tiers in the public and private sector hierarchies and the role of environmental planners require a balance between resources human extract from the environment and the waste which we return to it (Paul H. Selman, Selman.P, 2009:21). Town planners are urged to orchestrate around the environment ascertaining that green infrastructure is provided for and sustained within the city.
Green infrastructure holds different interpretations for different people. In an urban area, from a convivial and recreational perspective, it may refer to the trees in the city which provide the compulsory ‘green’ benefits, while from an engineering perspective it may involve the integration of several technical approaches (like swales, green roofs, gardens and parks) applied to facilitate sundry environmental benefits. Researchers along the years have seen that green infrastructure provides the following benefits within the city (Ranjha, 2016): Water management (Ellis,