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How Does Understanding Stress Response Mechanisms in Inhabitants Help Us Build a Resilient City? Cover

How Does Understanding Stress Response Mechanisms in Inhabitants Help Us Build a Resilient City?

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|Dec 2025

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Fig. 1.

Stress response, modified from McEwen (1998). ACTH – adrenocorticotropin hormone; A/NA – adrenaline, noradrenaline; CORT – cortisol; CRH – corticotropin-releasing hormone.
Stress response, modified from McEwen (1998). ACTH – adrenocorticotropin hormone; A/NA – adrenaline, noradrenaline; CORT – cortisol; CRH – corticotropin-releasing hormone.

Fig. 2.

Analogies of stress response mechanism of a living organism and a city.
Analogies of stress response mechanism of a living organism and a city.

Fig. 3.

Four levels of strategic measures for coping with pandemic-caused effects.
Four levels of strategic measures for coping with pandemic-caused effects.

Functions of external requirements in stress response based on Ratajczak (2002)_

FunctionTypical features
PreventionPrevention of threat
InterventionTaking remedial measures combating effects of stressful situation
Positive expansionPossibility of using opportunities that occur
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0038 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
Language: English
Page range: 125 - 138
Submitted on: Feb 6, 2025
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Published on: Dec 31, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2025 Lidia Mierzejewska, Joanna H. Śliwowska, Ewa Lechowska, Magdalena Wdowicka, Marta Szejnfeld, Bogusz Modrzewski, Kamila Sikorska-Podyma, Natalia Hoffmann-Pawlak, Emilia Grzęda, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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