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 Adaptive capacity is the ability of a subject/object to adjust to the hazard event. It reduces the overall level of vulnerability and thus the effects of a flash flood. Here we assesed the adaptive capacity to implement measures taken into account the following comains:
 
-- **Physical & Ecological adaptive capacity**: The assessment was based on the availability and suitability of open space for the potential implementation of measur4es to decrease flash flood damages.  We considered open space on public and private land.
+- **Physical & Ecological adaptive capacity**: The assessment was based on the availability and suitability of open space for the potential implementation of measures to decrease flash flood damages.  We considered open space on public and private land.
+- **Social adaptive capacity**: For private land, we assessed the economic capacity of residents to implement measures on their land. 
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+We assessed the site suitability of a land use parcel for the implementation of measures to reduce flash flood damages (e.g. green infrastructure, bio retention, bioswales). The physical /ecological domain was calculated based on the available open space in developed and undeveloped land use parcels on public and private land within the studied watershed of Amman. The social domain was calculated  based on the economic capacity to implement measures on private land. Since no information on household income was available, we used the residential types (based on a categorization of the Greater Amman Municipality) as a proxy for the distribution of relative wealth within Amman, as recommended by Potter et al. (2009) and Ababsa and Daher (2011).
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+For the assessment, we categorized all land use parcels of the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) within the analyzed catchment of Amman in the following way:
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+| Category      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Average open space on the parcel (m²) |
+|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
+| 1 (low)       | Little space for the implementation of measures (mainly built-up areas)                                                                                                                                                                 | 250                                   |
+| 2 (moderate)  | Medium-sized open spaces on developed private land                                                                                                                                                                                      | 950                                   |
+| 3 (high)      | Large open spaces on developed parcels in public space and on private land belonging to wealthy residents (GAM class: residential A/B), as well as on undeveloped parcels in private land (GAM classes: commercial and residential C/D) | 3000                                  |
+| 4 (very high) | Large open areas on undeveloped parcels in public space and on private land belonging to wealthy residents (GAM class: residential villas/A/B)                                                                                          | 2000                                  |
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+The final results were transformed to a 2 m raster file.
 
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-- **Social adaptive capacity**: For private land, we assessed the economic capacity of residents to implement measures on their land. 
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 ## Results and maps