Sec 2 Housing revision

The characteristic of slums: lack of safe shelter. Which of the following does NOT fall under lack of shelter?

• Flammable materials used to build slums

• Lack of clean piped water

• Unsuitable sites of slums

• flimsy materials used to build slums

Check all those that apply. Describe the characteristics of the slum shown above.

• The slum is made from flimsy material. During natural disasters, the house will collapse easily.

• The slum is located at an unsuitable site. This made the residents who are staying there unsafe.

• There is a lack of waste disposal system, hence causing the place to be polluted.

• The slum is in a dense and disorderly manner. In the case of a fire, this will make escaping very difficult.

Which of the following sets of answers are causes of housing shortage?

• low level of health, homelessness, environmental pollution, vulnerability

• homelessness, rural-urban migration, competing landuse, limited land supply

• rural-urban migration, high natural increase, competing landuse, limited land supply

• lack of basic services, high natural increase, competing landuse, limited land supply

Why would people move from the country-side to the slums of the city?

• better education opportunities

• high standard of living

• they are bored

• they prefer city life

Definition: The average number of live births per 1,ooo people.

Which of the following is the correct word for the definition above?

• Population Distribution

• Population Density

• Death Rate

• Birthrate

Population Density is the number of people that live in an area divided by 

• the number of roads
• the number of square miles or kilometers
• the number of live births
• the number of deaths

Which of the following is NOT an example of a Push factor

• Change in government
• Famine or food shortage
• Freedom of religion
• War

What are the consequences of housing shortage?

• Limited land supply & Competing land use

• Low level of health & environmental pollution

• Slum upgrading & provision of affordable housing

• To try and improve the quality of housing & basic services/infrastructure

Strong Sense of Place & Belonging refers to the meaning and value people attach to a place as a result of their experiences or the unique characteristics of a place.

• True

• False

Which of the following is owned or operated by a government, and usually offered at low rent to the needy, poor, or otherwise economically disadvantaged?

• slum

• public housing