✅3.2.3.8 - Sustainable Urban Development

Question 1

What is sustainable development?

Answer 1

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Question 2

What is liveability?

Answer 2

The characteristics of a city, which improve the quality of life for the people living there

Question 3

What is a sustainable city?

Answer 3

One which provides employment, a high standard of living, a clean healthy environment and fair governance for all its residents

Question 4

What is ecological footprint?

Answer 4

The total area of productive land and water required to produce the resources a population consumes and absorb the waste products

Question 5

What are the inputs to an unsustainable city?

Answer 5

Food goods
Non-renewable energy
People

Question 6

What are the outputs of an unsustainable city?

Answer 6

Waste
Air and noise pollution
Goods, services, wealth, sprawl

Question 7

What are the inputs of a sustainable city?

Answer 7

Food goods
Conservation and use of renewable energy
People

Question 8

What are the output of a sustainable city?

Answer 8

Reduced outputs and the recycling of inorganic waste eg paper, plastic etc

Question 9

What are the social strategies for sustainability?

Answer 9

Green housing and buildings
Adequate school and healthcare provisions
Available food supplies

Question 10

What are the economic strategies for sustainability?

Answer 10

Employment opportunities
Production and distribution of renewable energy

Question 11

What are the environmental strategies for sustainability?

Answer 11

Energy efficiency
Waste and recycling management
Incorporating green space into areas

Question 12

What are the political strategies for sustainability?

Answer 12

Adoption of green urban planning and design
Policies in place to force people to me more green

Question 13

What is the population of Curitiba?

Answer 13

3 million

Question 14

How was the Curitiba bus system improved?

Answer 14

A bus every 60 seconds
Prepaid tickets
Larger buses to carry more people

Question 15

How are pollution levels reduced in the parks of Curitiba?

Answer 15

Sheep are used to cut the grass
Derelict land turned into green space

Question 16

What is done for the poor in Curitiba?

Answer 16

If areas are cleaned, the government exchange their rubbish for food vouchers

Question 17

How are the poor helped to buy houses?

Answer 17

Low interest mortgages are given to them and through ‘self help’ schemes

Question 18

How do social challenges of urbanisation differ between developed and developing countries?

Answer 18

Developing countries must provide more housing, basic sanitation and infrastructure while developed countries face social cohesion and unemployment

Question 19

What are some of the social urban trends?

Answer 19

More people living in cities
More people living in slums
Insufficient use of public services
Ageing

Question 20

What are some of the economic urban trends?

Answer 20

Inequality and financial fragility
Food insecurity

Question 21

What are some of the environmental urban trends?

Answer 21

Energy access
Climate change