Overheating can create its own challenges

Question 1

Overheating challenges: Housing

Answer 1

House prices become a more serious problem raising prices and pricing many people out of the mark especially young first-time buyers. Even the building of a large number of housing only has small impact due to demand being so high

Question 2

Overheating challenges: Conflict over houses

Answer 2

Conflict over where to build new houses to meet demand such as greenfield or brownfield sites. 300,000 new houses are needed per year which increases pressure to use greenfield sites

Question 3

Overheating challenges: Green belt areas

Answer 3

Increased pressure to build on green-belt areas in urban areas

Question 4

Overheating challenges: Increase services

Answer 4

The need to increase service provision to meet the needs of the growing population

Question 5

Overheating challenges: developing infrastructure

Answer 5

Mainly transport to cope with all the growth

May encourage a congestion charge

Question 6

Overheating challenges: Changes in socio-economic characteristics

Answer 6

Parts of an urban area may become segregated by wealth, lifestyle, age or skill

Question 7

Overheating challenges: Increase in immigration

Answer 7

Creates more demand for home and services as people move into the area at the prospect of good jobs and wealth.

Question 8

Overheating challenges: Changes in services

Answer 8

These changes cater for the section of the population with a high level of disposable income at the expense of the less wealthy members of the population