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Housing and its spatial distribution. ( WA1, Chapter 8) Flashcards

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1
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What is housing?

A

Housing is the structure or building used to shelter people from the weather/elements.

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What are the two types of housing mentioned in the textbook?

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Permanent and temporary.

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What are examples of temporary housing?

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Igloos, relief shelters and nomadic tribes.

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What are some examples of permanent housing?

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HDB, Landed housing

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What are examples of high-rise and high-density housing and what does it comprise of?

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HDB, it comprises of apartments and shared facilities like playgrounds and exercise corners.

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What are examples of low-rise and low-density housing?

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Detached houses, semi-detached houses, terraces and shophouses.

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What is a way to organise housing?

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Using spatial distribution.

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What do you do when using spatial distribution in organising housing?

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We consider how far a house is from the city centre.

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What is something else we can think of when categorising housing?

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Housing density and the location relative to other activities

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Based on technology, what do you consider when organising housing?

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The type of materials used.

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Based on social relations, what do you consider when organising housing?

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Whether the housing is built for small families, extended families or even entire communities.

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Why do we need proper housing plans?

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So that cities can develop sustainably.

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If the cities grow faster than the pace of housing development, what happens?

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There will be a housing shortage.

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Who provides legal housing and what is is called?

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It is provided for by government housing programmes or private developers. It is also called formal housing.

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Who “ provides “ illegal housing and what is it called?

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It is usually built by individuals who are unable to get access to formal housing. It is also called informal housing.

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What quality materials do they use when building formal housing?

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Good/ high-quality building materials.

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What can people living in formal housing expect?

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The access to basic services.

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How many percent of Singaporeans live in HDB?

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Over 80%.

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Who owns the land HDB is built on?

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The government.

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What are some amenities that can be found near HDB flats?

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Hawker centres, clinics and small supermarkets.

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What do land rights refer to?

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Land rights refer to the ability of individuals to freely obtain, use and possess land at their discretion as long as their activities do not impose on other individuals’ land rights.

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What is formal housing with the legal right to occupy/own the land?

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Housing is built by those with the legal right to occupy the land.

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What is considered access to basic services?

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Easy access to water, electricity and provision of sanitation services.

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With the provision of basic services like easy access to water, what can it improve?

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It will improve the quality of life.

25
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Why should we use high-quality building materials when building formal housing?

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So that the building is able to withstand elements like heavy rain and strong winds, and basic threats like fires.

26
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When there is pressure and a demand for housing, what will happen to the price of housing?

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The prices of housing will go up.

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Why do people want to move to cities?

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As they want to improve their circumstances and build a better life.

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What do the people do when they want to move to cities but don’t have the money formal housing?

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They end up settling in informal housing in the cities or in the outskirts of the cities.

29
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What are the informal housing in the city or at the outskirts of the city called?

A

Squatters.

30
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What are the settlements called? ( when they cannot afford formal housing )

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Squatter settlements/informal settlements.

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What issues does squatter settlements cause?

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Social unrest and the degradation of the environmental quality.

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How are self-built squatter settlements built?

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They are informal housing and usually are built by individuals in an unplanned fashion.

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What are self-built squatters at risk of?

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They are at risk of collapsing, being flooded on rainy days or catching fire easily.

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Why is informal housing built?

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Due to necessity.

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What are the PEOPLE living in informal housing or squatters at risk of?

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Losing their homes.

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What do people living in informal housing lack?

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Basic services like electricity, water and sanitation.

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How does lacking basic services affect them?

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They illegally tap into electrical grids, drink from unsanitary water sources (water borne diseases) and throw waste onto the ground or in water bodies (unsanitary)

38
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Where is formal housing found?

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Desirable land (clean and no pollution)

39
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Where is informal housing found?

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Locally unwanted land (dirty and polluted)

40
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What is one factor that affects the location of housing?

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Land-use planning.

41
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Why do authorities practice zoning in land-use planning?

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They use it as a planning control tool for ensuring that the built environment is well-developed.

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What is one more factor that affects the location of housing other than land-use planning?

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Whether it is planned by private or public developers.

43
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What do private developers look out for when picking sites? What do they develop properties for?

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They look out for sits that are more commercially viable. They develop properties for their own profit.

44
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What do public developers consider when choosing sites?

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The people’s needs more than the profits.

45
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When land prices are high, what happens to the prices of the houses?

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The prices of the houses will increase.

46
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How will the increase of the prices of the houses affect the people?

A

The people would not be able to afford the houses and would not buy them.

47
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What would the government do to prevent the prices of the houses from increasing too much?

A

They would regulate land prices.

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What could happen if land prices go up too high? ( informal housing)

A

There will be more informal housing to accommodate the rural-urban migrants and those poor living in the urban.

49
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What can help developers lower the cost of building houses?

A

Housing financial support.

50
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How does the housing financial support encourage the developers?

A

It will encourage them to build more housing, which prevents housing shortage.

51
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Places without the support of __________ and a lack of __________ __________ will have more informal housing settlements.

A
  1. Financial support schemes
  2. Formal housing
52
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Why would some places have more informal housing?

A

The affordability of housing in that area would be low.

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