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terrorists attacks should be considered chronic stresses because they are abrupt events that threaten the city.

chronic stresses might strengthen the fabric of a city on a day-to-day or cyclical basis by means of endemic violence.

people, communities and institutions can face adverse conditions within a city and successfully go through them no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience.

individuals and communities might have the capacity to recover gradually from difficulties caused especially by health problems within poor cities.

chronic stresses involve not only endemic violence, but also natural disasters.