lesson 3 - social hubs

Question 1

what are social pressures in New York?

Answer 1

• pressure on employment because of increased demand

- > 1/4 workers cope with excessive stress

Question 2

what are economic pressures in New York?

Answer 2

• pressure on transport system because more people using it
  (NY has highest % mass transit use)
  (centre of major water distribution battles from the Catskills Mountains)
• pressure on property values / availability because of rising demand
  (city vunerable to natural hazards - HURRICANE SANDY)

Question 3

what are environmental pressures in New York?

Answer 3

• pressure on other land uses due to increased property demand

(Staten Island is largest landfill site in the world)
(most reliance on renewable energy)
(groundwater contains 4/5 different chemicals)

Question 4

what were the main economic activities? (2 tiers)

Answer 4

HIGHER TIER

• financiers
• scientists
• environmental engineers
• lawyers
• doctors
• psychiatrists
• nutritionists

LOWER TIER

• janitors
• cleaners
• homeless people
• spoilt child

Question 5

what are 5 energy issues in New York?

Answer 5

1) no greenspace left (only brownfield sites) -> have to be environmentally efficient
2) 11,000 traffic lights to be switched to LED (90% reduction)
3) public housing refrigerators replaced
4) wind power for Statue of Liberty (Ellis Island)
5) clean energy projects (windmills on State Island?)

Question 6

what are 3 points about hunger in New York?

Answer 6

• there is 32% struggle to buy food

GREENMARKET PROGRAMME

• regional small farmers sell fruit/veg in public spaces
• supplies 100 restaurants
• 500,000lbs of food goes to City Harvest / hunger relief organisations