SUS611 - Resilient Regions PDF

Running head: REFLECTIVE RESPONSE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Reflective Response on Community Development
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REFLECTIVE RESPONSE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT1
Answer 1)
According to me, one would be able to determine if a region or a community is
resilient is by checking whether the system is self-organising. In the event of a system being
able to work on its own it would be able to sustain itself in the ever evolving environment.
Social engagement is an important factor that can help in determining whether a community
will be resilient1. I think that a region being able to cope with the external stress along with
stress can help it in surviving the scourges of environmental change. I have understood that
being able to manage the natural resources can help a region in being sustainable. I have
gathered the knowledge that components of a system interact makes a system to undergo
cycles that tightens, loosen and then breaks apart the connection between the components
(Hopkins, 2009). I think that capacity of the systems for absorbing disturbances will undergo
change along with the potential of the people that can help a region or a community for
surviving in the environment.
The features that an individual can look out for is whether a system is operating
within the open field. The policies along with the management interventions can help in
determining whether a community will be resilient in due course of time. I have learnt that
back loop can act as an important factor that can be instrumental in revitalizing a system. An
indicator of resilience will be the factor of scale and it has been found that the self-organizing
system can can operate over various scales of space along with time. According to me,
synchronization acts as an important factor that can pave the path for a region or a
community in being resilient. I have understood that diversity, openness, modularity along
with redundancy can act as important characteristics of the systems that have high level in
relation to general resilience (Walker and Salt, 2012). I think that everything should be
locked and highly efficient that can help in making a community resilient.
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REFLECTIVE RESPONSE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT2
Answer 2)
An important dimension of bioregionalism revolves around knowing the land. On the
basis of the land, resource inventory can be developed that can greatly aid the process of
bioregionalism. According to me, cities are built on natural foundations and due
consideration should be taken to preserve the natural order of a place. I think that learning
details pertaining to trade along with resource-dependency can act as a crucial factor that can
facilitate the process of bioregionalism. I have understood that bioregionalism can be
preserved with the help of such initiatives like rooftop garden, recycling along with solar
energy. Another important dimension of bioregionalism is learning value of that of herbal
medicines that can help in the preservation of the natural culture prevailing in a region (Sale,
2000). The impersonal market forces should be eliminated that can help in paving the path for
bio-regionalism. There should be ethical sense of responsibility towards nature that is an
important element in relation to bio-regionalism. The people living in a community should be
able to identify with the land that can help in staging the stage for bio-regionalism. The
building of the aspect of real neighbourhood can help in facilitating the aspect of bio-
regionalism within a given place. Land trusts can be formed and restoration ecology can be
practiced in the regions that gives importance on the element of bioregionalism. The
formation of the alternative economic structure can help in reforming bio-regionalism in
relation to a particular place. The natural resources used should be sustainable that acts as a
crucial dimension pertaining to bio-regionalism.
I live in West Coast Bioregion (Perth) in Australia and bio-regionalism can be found
with the help of the national parks along with the nature reserves. National parks along with
nature reserves make great amount of contribution in this area. There are diverse kinds of
species in this region of Australia (Thayer, 2003). The dunes in this area help in supporting
the vegetation communities. This area has estuaries that is characterized by swamp oak,