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Flashcards in Urban social & environment challenge Deck (6)
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1
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What are the social challenge :

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  • unemployment
  • increasing crime rate
  • lack of sanitation
  • lack of education limiting people from working in high payed and skilled jobs
2
Q

Environmental challenges :

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  • contamination of water
  • air pollution
  • traffic congestion

Littering(waste disposal)

3
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How has urban change caused environmental challenge:

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Increase pollution

4
Q

How has urban change caused environmental challenge :

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Increase waste

Means landfill sites are occupied

Space could be used for hospitals or schools

But land becomes degraded and weak if not used

5
Q

Urban sprawl ?

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Uncontrollable growth of town and cities at GREENLAND and URBAN BOARDERS

Staring to become destroyed

6
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Brownfield sites :

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Soils will be degraded

Cannot use the land

Waste of space