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ALA 102 Exam 4 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Resilience - ANSWERSthe ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity Resilience in ecology - ANSWERSthe capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly R...

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ALA 102 Exam 4 Questions & Answers
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Resilience - ANSWERSthe ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity



Resilience in ecology - ANSWERSthe capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or
disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly



Resilient design - ANSWERSthe intentional design of buildings, landscapes, communities and regions in
response to vulnerabilities



Key concepts of resilient design (from theory to practice - ANSWERS-Redundancy

-Modularity

-Diversity

-Adaptive

-Cradle to Cradle practice

-Living local



Redundancy - ANSWERSthe inclusion of extra components that are not strictly necessary to functioning,
in case of failure in other components



Modularity - ANSWERSa design approach that subdivides a system into smaller parts that can be
independently created and then used in different systems



Diversity - ANSWERSthe practice of having a variety of programs in a given context



Adaptive - ANSWERShaving systems and programs that can adapt to social, ecological and climate
changes

, Cradle to Cradle practice - ANSWERSa holistic, economic, industrial and social framework that seeks to
create systems that are not only efficient but also essentially waste free



Living local - ANSWERSthe practice of living off the land. in practical terms, using locally produced food
and goods



Low-impact development tool kit - ANSWERS-bio-swales

-infiltration

-permeable pavement

-bio-retention

-green roofs:extensive and intensive roof



the comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation and
rehabilitation is the fastest growing of all the design professions - ANSWERSdemand for landscape
architecture services is projected to expand 18 to 26% by 2014



6 classifications to consider plants - ANSWERSecology

botany

horiculture

growth and management needs

design potential

aesthetics



Sonoran desert - ANSWERS-100,000 miles

-characterized by biennial rainfall

-all of the worlds biomes occur in the sonoran desert region"



Mark Dimmitt definition of desert - ANSWERSa desert is a biological community in which most of the
indigenous plants and animals are adapted to chronic aridity and periodic, extreme droughts, and in
which these conditions are necessary to maintain the community's structure

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