Sustainable Housing Chap9

Which of the following is not a key question in Sustainable Development of Housing?

• How does Housing Affect the Natural Environment?

• How can Housing be Sustainably Managed?

• What is Informal Housing?

• How does Access to Housing Affect People?

To build houses, _______________ needs to be cleared.

Answer explanation

According to the World Wildlife Fund, 18.7 million acres of forests are lost each year, equivalent to 27 soccer fields every minute!

________________________ are needed for growing populations in the city. These are natural resources.

• Migration and housing

• Food, water and building materials

• People and Housing

• Healthcare and Housing

Natural resources to build housing come from our deforestation, mining, extracting natural gas (electricity). This takes a __________ on our natural _________.

• resources, land

• resource, environment

• lot, land

• toll, environment

How many percent of water do cities use from surface stores?

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

• 90%

1 in 4 cities is water-stressed

• True

• False

What type of pollution does the image show?

• water

• air

• land

• sea

Land Pollution can come in the form of ___________ contamination or garbage/industrial waste.

• land

• soil

• waste

• water

Land Pollution causes long-term ________ to land, making it ________for building houses.

• pollution, suitable

• pollution, great

• damage, great

• damage, unsafe

Many cities build landfills to dispose of waste products.

• True

• False