Ch 8 - Housing and Its Spatial Distribution

Question 1

What is housing?

Answer 1

Housing refers to structures or buildings developed to shelter people from elements of weather.

Question 2

Examples of permanent housing.

Answer 2

• apartments 🏙️
• landed properties 🏠

Question 3

Examples of temporary housing.

Answer 3

• camping settlements built by nomadic tribes ⛺
• relief shelters in disaster-hit areas 🏥

Question 4

How tall does a building have to be to be classified under high-rise buildings?

Answer 4

More than 6 storeys

Question 5

Formal housing is built by…

Answer 5

the government or private developers

Question 6

Formal housing has ____ to occupy land.

Answer 6

legal right

Question 7

Formal housing has access to…

Answer 7

basic services 💧🍛📺🚿

Question 8

Formal housing is constructed from…

Answer 8

high-quality building materials

Question 9

Informal housing refer to…

Answer 9

squatter settlements

Question 10

Informal housing is built by…

Answer 10

individuals / self-built

Question 11

Informal housing has ____ to occupy land.

Answer 11

no legal right

Question 12

Informal housing lacks…

Answer 12

access to basic services

Question 13

Informal housing is constructed from…

Answer 13

poor-quality building materials

Question 14

Where is formal housing found within a city?

Answer 14

on desirable land

Question 15

Formal housing is usually near ____ and away from ____.

Answer 15

near greenery and amenities, away from pollution

Question 16

Where is informal housing found within a city?

Answer 16

in areas of locally unwanted land-use

Question 17

What factors affect the location of housing?

Answer 17

1. Land-use planning
2. Developers
3. Land prices
4. Housing Financial Support

Question 18

What is land-use planning?

Answer 18

It makes use of zoning as a planning control tool to ensure that the built environment is well developed.

Question 19

Private developers develop a property fro profit. Hence, they tend to…

Answer 19

pick sites which are more commercially viable.

Question 20

Housing built by the government tend to…

Answer 20

consider people’s needs more than profits

Question 21

If land prices are high, (houses)

Answer 21

houses will have to be sold at higher prices.

Question 22

Housing financial support for developers can…

Answer 22

lower the cost of building houses.