housing

Question 1

What is rural-urban migration and how does it contribute to housing shortages?

Answer 1

• People move from rural to urban areas in search of a better life
• Insufficient jobs may be present to cater to the large amounts of migrants
• migrants would have difficulty getting jobs and are unable to afford housing
• cities may be unable to build houses quickly enough to house large numbers of migrants causing housing shortage and the formation of slums

Question 2

What is limited land supply and how does it lead to housing shortage?

Answer 2

• caused by cities not having enough land that is suitable for housing
• presence of mountains and the sea may limit the amount of land for housing resulting in a lack of land for housing
• small land areas may cause limited land supply from not having enough space causing housing shortage
• flat land is prefered as it is less expensive

Question 3

What are some negative consequences of living in slums? (Environment type)

Answer 3

environmental pollution:

• lack of proper garbage disposal systems may lead to the dumping of trash and waste into open drains and rivers leading to land pollution
• rivers polluted by garbage would contaminate water sources

Poor living conditions:

• people living in slums may not have access to safe drinking water which may cause illness
• no access to proper drinking water causing disease
• stagnant waters cause the breeding of mosquitos which causes diseases like malaria

Question 4

What is are the vulnerabilites for people living in slums?

Answer 4

Vulnerability:

• people living in slums are vulnerable to the risk of fires, landslides and evictions.
• Therefore the face the risk of injury, death and loss of property
• Slums are usually built on illegal property which leaves them at risk of eviction

Question 5

What is lack of safe shelter and why is it negative for people living in slums?

Answer 5

In slums, houses are made using weak and flimsy material of poor quality like zinc and cardboard.
Houses may collapse easily from natural disasters such as earthquakes
houses are built close together and residents may not be able to evacuate quickly during a natural disaster.

Question 6

What is the lack of basic services?

Answer 6

• People not having access to basic services such as electricity, water, proper sanitation and clean garbage disposal
• Increases the chances of dieseases occuring and spreading