GEOG 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Final Wave, Hectare, Indian Act
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Adaptive capacity: is the capacity of a system to adapt if the environement where the system exists is changing. It is applied to ecological systems and human social system. Applied to ecological system, adaptive capacity is determined by: Applied to human social system, adaptive capacity is determined by: Ability of institutions and network to learn and store knowledge and. Creative flexibility in decision making and problem solving. experience. Existance of power structures that are responsive and consider the needs of all stakeholders. Arab spring: term used to refer to the numerous recent protests against dictatorship across the mena region, as people motivated by economic inequalities and lack of access to basic resources have taken to the streets to voice their concerns. It shared in tunisia and spread to algeria, jordan, saudia arabia, bahrain, Balfour declaration: a 1917 british mandate that required the establishment of a. The balfour declaration was highly problematic because the area was already populated by palestinians.
