Read the following passage carefully:
"While modern centralized water supply systems have significantly reduced regional water scarcity in urban centers, their high maintenance costs and vulnerability to extreme weather events have highlighted critical vulnerabilities. Traditional rainwater harvesting systems, long neglected in municipal planning, offer decentralized, cost-effective, and ecologically resilient alternatives. Incorporating these indigenous technologies alongside modern infrastructure is not merely a nostalgic return to the past, but a pragmatic policy imperative for long-term climate adaptation."
Which of the following best describes the author's attitude toward traditional rainwater harvesting systems?
- Pragmatic and appreciativeCevap
- BVehemently hostile and dismissive
- CUnconditionally nostalgic and uncritical
- DIndifferent and detached
Cevap
The author's attitude is best described as pragmatic and appreciative.
The correct option captures the author's favorable view of traditional rainwater harvesting systems as ecologically resilient and economically sensible, as well as the explicit characterization of their adoption as a pragmatic policy imperative.
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Author's Tone and Attitude Identification