Sustainability & Resource Management Flashcards
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A drought management plan prioritizes uses during water shortages. Which sector typically receives the lowest priority for water allocation during declared shortages?
Answer: Outdoor landscape irrigation for commercial properties
Outdoor commercial landscape irrigation typically receives low priority during drought because it is discretionary and non-essential compared to drinking water, firefighting, and food production.
Which planning approach specifically integrates climate change projections into long-range infrastructure decisions to reduce future vulnerability?
Answer: Climate-resilient planning
Climate-resilient planning incorporates climate projections into infrastructure design standards, land use decisions, and capital improvement programs to reduce exposure to future climate impacts.
Under LEED certification, which credit category addresses the environmental impact of building materials including recycled content and regional sourcing?
Answer: Materials and Resources
The LEED Materials and Resources category awards credits for using recycled content, regionally sourced materials, rapidly renewable materials, and certified wood products.
What is 'environmental justice' as defined under Executive Order 12898?
Answer: Fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race or income in environmental decisions
EO 12898 directs federal agencies to ensure environmental justice by identifying and addressing disproportionate environmental burdens on minority and low-income populations.
Which agricultural practice builds soil organic matter, sequesters carbon, and reduces the need for synthetic inputs over time?
Answer: Regenerative agriculture using cover crops and minimal tillage
Regenerative agriculture practices like cover cropping, reduced tillage, and crop rotation restore soil health, increase organic matter, and sequester atmospheric carbon in the soil.
A planner reviewing an industrial facility's environmental compliance finds it discharges into a 'water quality limited segment.' What does this designation mean?
Answer: The water body exceeds quality standards and cannot assimilate additional pollutant loads
Water quality limited segments are water bodies that fail to meet standards even after applying technology-based controls, triggering TMDL development to limit total pollutant loading.
Which concept describes designing products and systems to eliminate waste by keeping materials in use at their highest value for as long as possible?
Answer: Circular economy
The circular economy model contrasts with the linear 'take-make-dispose' model by designing out waste and keeping products, components, and materials in use through reuse, repair, and recycling.