Space and Place SG3b

Question 1

What is the former name of Sri Lanka during British Colonial Rule?

Answer 1

Ceylon

Question 2

What is Sri Lanka’s Population?

Answer 2

21,670,000

Question 3

What is Sri Lanka’s largest city and commercial capital?

Answer 3

Colombo

Question 4

What is the population of Colombo?

Answer 4

750,000 - 30% of Sri Lanka’s population

Question 5

What % of the population are Sinhalese who are mainly Buddhists and form the majority population?

Answer 5

74.9%

Question 6

What % of the population are Tamils who are mainly Hindu and form a minority population?

Answer 6

11.2%

Question 7

What % of Sri Lanka’s total population is living in rural areas?

Answer 7

82%

Question 8

What happened in 1948?

Answer 8

Sri Lanka gained independence from almost 150 years of British Colonial Rule

Question 9

What happened in 1979?

Answer 9

Civil war between the Sinhalese government and the Tamils, lasting 26 years and killing 100,000 people

Question 10

What happened in 2004?

Answer 10

The Boxing Day tsunami killed 40,000 people in Sri Lanka and destroyed entire communities along the coastline

Question 11

What happened in 2009?

Answer 11

Government forces defeated the ‘Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’ (LTTE or Tamil Tigers), a peace agreement was signed ending the civil war

Question 12

What Classification is Sri Lanka?

Answer 12

EDC

Question 13

What is Sri Lanka’s GDP per capita?

Answer 13

$11,000

Question 14

What is Sri Lanka’s HDI?

Answer 14

0.77

Question 15

What is Sri Lanka’s Gini Coefficient?

Answer 15

0.39

Question 16

What is the GDP per capita for the Asian Tigers?

Answer 16

Range from $35,000 to $83,000

Question 17

What is the HDI for the Asian Tigers?

Answer 17

Range from 0.88 to 0.91

Question 18

What is the Gini Coefficient for the Asian Tigers?

Answer 18

Range from 0.3 to 0.54

Question 19

What are the 4 Asian Tigers?

Answer 19

Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan

Question 20

What is the Batticaloa District?

Answer 20

This area is located in the East of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province

Question 21

What is the Colombo District?

Answer 21

This area is located in the South West of Sri Lanka in the Western Province

Question 22

What is the ethnicity/religion of the Colombo District?

Answer 22

77% Sinhalese majority, mainly Buddhist

Question 23

What is the ethnicity/religion of the Batticaloa District?

Answer 23

72% Tamil majority, mainly Hindu

Question 24

What is the ethnicity/religion of Sri Lanka?

Answer 24

75% Sinhalese, mainly Buddhist

Question 25

What is the Poverty Headcount Index for the Colombo District?

Answer 25

0.9% - lowest poverty rate of all districts

Question 26

What is the Poverty Headcount Index for the Batticaloa District?

Answer 26

11.3% - 3rd highest rate of poverty compared to other districts

Question 27

What is the Poverty Headcount Index for Sri Lanka?

Answer 27

4.1%

Question 28

What is the infant mortality rate in the Colombo District?

Answer 28

9

Question 29

What is the infant mortality rate in the Batticaloa District?

Answer 29

10

Question 30

What is the infant mortality rate in Sri Lanka?

Answer 30

10

Question 31

What is the computer literacy rate in the Colombo District?

Answer 31

44%

Question 32

What is the computer literacy rate in the Batticaloa District?

Answer 32

17%

Question 33

What is the computer literacy rate in Sri Lanka?

Answer 33

28%

Question 34

What % of households have internet in the Colombo District?

Answer 34

31%

Question 35

What % of households have internet in the Batticaloa District?

Answer 35

13%

Question 36

What % of households have internet in Sri Lanka?

Answer 36

16%

Question 37

What is the employment structure in the Colombo District?

Answer 37

``` Agriculture = 2% Industry = 28% Services = 70% ```

Question 38

What is the employment structure in the Batticaloa District?

Answer 38

``` Agriculture = 25% Industry = 30% Services = 45% ```

Question 39

What is the employment structure in Sri Lanka?

Answer 39

``` Agriculture = 26% Industry = 27% Services = 47% ```

Question 40

What is the employment rate in the Colombo District?

Answer 40

2%

Question 41

What is the employment rate in the Batticaloa District?

Answer 41

5%

Question 42

What is the employment rate in Sri Lanka?

Answer 42

4%

Question 43

What is the mean household income (in rupees) for the Colombo District?

Answer 43

104,581

Question 44

What is the mean household income (in rupees) for the Batticaloa District?

Answer 44

40,356

Question 45

What is the mean household income (in rupees) for Sri Lanka?

Answer 45

43,511

Question 46

What % of Colombo's population are living in Underserved Settlements (USS)?

Answer 46

50%

Question 47

What is Colombo's Gini Coefficient?

Answer 47

0.46

Question 48

What are three perceptions of the slum dwellers?

Answer 48

People outside see it negatively, Perceptions can differ depending on age/where they live, Some people living in the slums don't like that they can't send their children to school

Question 49

What are three social issues of the slums?

Answer 49

Children can't go to school as they don't own the land they live on so don't have the correct documents, People are embarrassed about where they live, 30% of structures are temporary

Question 50

What are three economic issues of the slums?

Answer 50

9% of families don't have a regular income as they work in the informal sector, Only 10-25% of families receive poor relief support, Can't afford to rent or buy so have to build

Question 51

What are three environmental issues of the slums?

Answer 51

Only 51% of families have access to sewage so a lot is discharged into canals, Only 85% of houses have domestic waste collection, Only 30% have access to clean water

Question 52

What did the Sahaspura redevelopment scheme involve?

Answer 52

Moving people out of slum areas into high rise flats

Question 53

What does Sahaspura allow the government to do?

Answer 53

It allows them to clear the land for commercial development

Question 54

What are three positive outcomes of Sahaspura?

Answer 54

People are given the deeds to their flats which creates opportunities, Electricity and sewage provided, People feel more socially mobile

Question 55

What are three issues of Sahaspura?

Answer 55

Flat prices are high for people who used to live in slums, Some people feel trapped in the flats if they have limited mobility, Over 77,000 USS families still living in slums

Question 56

Who was the Gothamipura project funded by?

Answer 56

International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Question 57

What is the Gothamipura District (a USS in Colombo) an example of?

Answer 57

How the local community can shape the place they live in with the help from a range of players

Question 58

What did the Gothamipura project involve?

Answer 58

The collaboration between IDRC, Sevantha (an NGO) and Colombo Municipal Council (CMC)

Question 59

By how much is the average income per month in Gothamipura lower than other urban residents in Sri Lanka?

Answer 59

1/2

Question 60

What % of Gothamipura's residents have access to private toilets?

Answer 60

94% - however, none of them are connected to the main sewage system

Question 61

What % of Gothamipura's population is unsatisfied with the rubbish disposal system?

Answer 61

75%

Question 62

Define Top Down Strategy

Answer 62

Controlled by governments and international agencies to alleviate poverty with large-scale strategies

Question 63

Define Bottom Up (Grass Roots) Strategy

Answer 63

A smaller scale alternative which involves and empowers local communities, it is more sustainable

Question 64

Is Sahaspura top down or bottom up?

Answer 64

Top down

Question 65

Is Gothamipura top down or bottom up?

Answer 65

Bottom up

Question 66

What three key factors contribute to the Digital Divide?

Answer 66

Low levels of education, Poor English language fluency, Low income

Question 67

Define Digital Divide

Answer 67

An economic and social inequality with regard to access to, use of, or impact of information and communication technologies

Question 68

Define Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 68

The death of children under the age of 1 years per 1,000 live births

Question 69

Define Poverty Headcount Index

Answer 69

The proportion of the district's population that exists, or lives, below the poverty line at $1.50 per day

Question 70

Define Slums

Answer 70

Areas where people have moved into pre-existing buildings e.g. houses in states of disrepair

Question 71

Define Shanties

Answer 71

Homes that people have built themselves in areas where there is a free bit of land

Question 72

Define Underserved Settlements (USS)

Answer 72

Areas within the city boundaries that have limited access to basic services e.g. water and sanitation