346 AAssignmentsReading #6

Read chapter 5 &6 in Building a Resilient Tomorrow, to answer the following questions:

1. (3 pts) Describe at least 3 different kinds of data that can be collected and utilized to produce models for adaptation assessments and response to climate-related disasters?

2. (2 pts) What kinds of problems arise from the privatization of data resources? (You may also refer to John Oliver video assignment here.)

3. (2 pts) Describe how the availability of information on water supplies influenced the outcome of water crisis in Cape Town South Africa.

4. (3 pts) Describe the ways in which loss aversion, optimism bias, and availability bias influence the public response to difficult problems, such as climate change. Explain how each can be addressed, and what some institutions already do to counter the way problems are assessed.