Pther Urban Issues

Question 1

Causes of water pollution

Answer 1

High run off from impermeable surfaces
Poorly treated sewage
Acid rain
Industrial waste

Question 2

Consequences of water pollution

Answer 2

Accounts for 80% of all waterborne infections
1.2 billion are without access to clean water

Question 3

Two ways to manage water pollution

Answer 3

Waste water plants/treatment facilities
Regulations and legislation

Question 4

How is the Thames contaminated

Answer 4

In 2013 alone 55 million tonnes of sewage were put into Thames

Question 5

What does the Thames tideway tunnel do

Answer 5

Intercepts sewage and diverts overflow

Question 6

Causes of dereliction

Answer 6

Economic structural change
Deindustrialisation

Question 7

Impacts of derelict land

Answer 7

High crime
Low house prices
Out migration
Building on greenfield

Question 8

3 ways of managing urban dereliction

Answer 8

Government regeneration schemes e.g. UDCs
Land remidiation
Building on brownfield