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How Resilient Is It? The Resilience Quotient Zoning Ordinance, Qiong Wang, Yao Wang
How Resilient Is It? The Resilience Quotient Zoning Ordinance, Qiong Wang, Yao Wang
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Grades: 9-12 Subjects: Environmental Science, Earth Science, Oceanography
The Resilience Quotient (RQ) system uses zoning ordinance to address coastal resilience development issues in the city of Norfolk, Virginia. This lesson plan goes through key resilience concepts and its strategies that can promote flood risk reduction, stormwater management, and energy resilience. The activity provides several scenarios to help students understand, simulate, visualize, discuss, and practice how the Resilience Quotient works for coastal developments in the city.