Cairo

Question 1

What are the main causes of the problems in Cairo?

Answer 1

High population growth in the city.
High birth rates.
Rapid rates of rural-urban migration.

Question 2

What are the 4 areas of problems in managing Cairo?

Answer 2

Housing.
Traffic.
Water pollution.
Air pollution.

Question 3

What are the causes of the housing problem?

Answer 3

Too many people due to rapid rural-urban migration.

High fertility rates.

Question 4

What are the effects of the housing problem?

Answer 4

High population density.
Overcrowding and homelessness.
Urban sprawl.
Illegal settlements.

Question 5

Development of houses on fertile land results in what?

Answer 5

Loss of source of food supply.

Question 6

What are the attempts to manage housing problems?

Answer 6

Creation of settlements outside of the cit rather than dealing with the squatter settlements that are there.
Link these settlements to Cairo with a highway and the cities include housing, jobs, schools and shopping centres.

Question 7

Causes of traffic problems?

Answer 7

Increased numbers of people.
People getting wealthier so more people can afford to run and but cars.
Old cars are used and cause more pollution.

Question 8

Effects of traffic problems?

Answer 8

Congestion - time consuming and stressful.
Health problems such as asthma.
Air pollution from emissions.
Accidents.

Question 9

Management of traffic problems?

Answer 9

Built a metro system.

Built a ring road to take traffic out of the city.

Question 10

Causes of water pollution?

Answer 10

Old sewerage system that cannot cope with the population growth and does not extend to all areas of the city.

Question 11

Effects of water pollution?

Answer 11

Sewage on the street.
Smell.
Disease spread through city - cholera.
Contaminated water supply.
Rats.

Question 12

Management of water pollution?

Answer 12

Extended licence for rubbish collectors to collect in slums.

Extension of the sewers and modernisation in other areas.

Question 13

Causes of air pollution?

Answer 13

Increased car use.
Industry.
Rubbish.

Question 14

Effects of air pollution?

Answer 14

Smog.
Poor quality air to breathe resulting in health problems.
Contributes to global warming.

Question 15

Management of air pollution?

Answer 15

Ring road and metro to reduce traffic in city.
Industry changes to cleaner fuels.
Filters to reduce industrial pollution from chimneys.