Urban Issues and Challenges

Question 1

Air Pollution

Answer 1

Extremely small particles and gases in the air which can cause harm if you breathe them in.

Question 2

Brownfield Site

Answer 2

Previously developed land, which is or was occupied by a permanent structure.

Question 3

Commuter settlements

Answer 3

A place where people live and travel elsewhere for work.

Question 4

Deprivation

Answer 4

An area where people have a lower standard of life than average - lacking money and access to services and quality housing.

Question 5

Economic Opportunities

Answer 5

Access to education, training, guidance, and connections required to successfully achieve economic security and independence.

Question 6

Slum/shanty/town/favela

Answer 6

A highly populated urban residential area consisting mostly of closely packed poor quality housing.

Question 7

Formal Economy

Answer 7

Economic activities operating legally, paying taxes on all generated incomes.

Question 8

Global City

Answer 8

An urban centre that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as a hub within a globalized economic system.

Question 9

Greenfield Site

Answer 9

Undeveloped land in an urban or rural area either used for agriculture or landscape design.

Question 10

Inequality

Answer 10

Unequal and/or unjust distribution of resources and opportunities among members of a given society.

Question 11

Informal Economy

Answer 11

Diversified set of economic activities, enterprises, jobs, and workers that are not regulated or protected by the state.

Question 12

Land Use

Answer 12

The exploitation of land and its resources.

Question 13

Megacities

Answer 13

An urban area with a population of 10 million or more people.

Question 14

Migration

Answer 14

Movement of people from one place to another with the intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location.

Question 15

Natural Increase

Answer 15

A growth in the population when the birth rate is naturally higher than the death rate.

Question 16

Pull Factors

Answer 16

Being attracted to a new location for positive reasons.

Question 17

Push Factors

Answer 17

Being forced away from a settlement for negative reasons.

Question 18

Quality of life

Answer 18

The level of health, happiness and comfort that an individual or group experience.

Question 19

Regeneration

Answer 19

Land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities.

Question 20

Rural - Urban Migration

Answer 20

People move from villages to settle in cities in hope of gaining a better standard of living.

Question 21

Sanitation

Answer 21

Public health conditions related to clean drinking water and adequate treatment and disposal of human excrement and sewage.

Question 22

Service Industry / Tertiary

Answer 22

The third tier sector comprised of service based jobs.

Question 23

Standard of Living

Answer 23

Level of wealth, comfort, material goods, and necessities available to a certain socio-economic class.

Question 24

Sustainability

Answer 24

Progress that meets the needs of the current population without compromising the ability of future generations to also meet their needs.

Question 25

Traffic Congestion

Answer 25

A build-up of traffic on roads.

Question 26

Urban sprawl

Answer 26

The unrestricted, outward growth in many urban areas of housing, commercial development, and roads over large expanses of land.