HONG KONG CASE STUDY

Question 1

Food issue

Answer 1

0.1% of GDP is from agriculture
Little land
So need to import food

Question 2

Energy issue

Answer 2

• 75% of energy is made from burning fossil fuels

- 25% of electricity is imported from China which is generated by nuclear power

Question 3

Transport

Answer 3

Well developed transport network, 90% of all journeys are by public transport

Question 4

Waste disposal

Answer 4

• 6.7 million tonnes of waste produced every year
• Dumped in landfills
• Attempts made to recycle and turn waste into electricity
• Plastic bad 50 cents scheme
• recycling park
• incinerator

Question 5

Housing

Answer 5

• Very densely packed, most people live in high rise apartments
• One of the most expensive cities
• Social polarisation: wealth and poor found in same place
• Cage homes
• Indians, Filipinos, Nepalese, etc.. are employed by wealthy people and are often found on sides of roads on holidays as their wealthy employers don’t need them on those days

Question 6

Water supply

Answer 6

70% of water is imported from Dongjiang river in China