Sustainable living

Question 1

Dewnthorpe- in north east of England in York

Answer 1

Each family gets £150 to buy bikes when they move in

Large windows to take in heat and store, thermostats in each floor, dual flush toilets

Question 2

Freiburg-

Answer 2

In Germany
Inter grated traffic plan
Low car density- less than 500 cars for 1000 residents, 400km of cycle paths, 9,000 parking spaces, £20,000 per space

Question 3

Singapore- south east Asia

Answer 3

45% less traffic
25% fewer accidents
Cr ownership gone down by nearly 1% from 2000
2/3 of daily transport is done public

Question 4

Beijing- the capital of China

Answer 4

Around 5 million cars
Since 2008 olympics there has been a 20% drop in car use
Only 20% of people who apply for a car get one

Question 5

What is a mega- city?

Answer 5

A place with more than10 million people living there

Question 6

How do you write a good graph description ?

Answer 6

G- general trends
L- lowest change
A- anomalies
H- highest change

Question 7

Where is Mumbai?

Answer 7

Mumbai is in the East of Asia, and north of the equator. It is the south west of India. It is on the coast of the Indian Ocean

Question 8

What is the port called in Mumbai?

Answer 8

Jawahatal nehru trust port

Question 9

How much is a single sky scraper in Mumbai?

Answer 9

£2billion

Question 10

What is the population in Mumbai?

Answer 10

9 mil. 62% of this live in squats

Question 11

The dharavai slums-

Answer 11

55% of the population live on 60% of the land.
Home to 1.2 million people
The rent is £2.20 a month
Toxic levels are three times over safe amount
The businesses have a turn over of £359 million a year
There are 5,000 businesses and 15,000 single room factories
80% of waste is recycled
4,000 cases of disease are reported daily
85% employment rate