2.10. Social And Economic Issues

Question 1

Economic inequality:

Answer 1

• Lack of affordable housing
• Changing environments- housing neighbourhoods change over time
• Ethnic dimension- may suffer discrimination in job market so can only afford cheap housing

Question 2

Economic inequality strategies to manage/ case study examples:

Answer 2

• Affordable housing schemes e.g. First Dibs for Londoners schemes
• Favela Bairro Project
• Rio: cable cars link otherwise inaccessible squatter settlements to rest of city
• The London Living Wage
• Greater provision of public transport