What are the causes of these urban problems? Flashcards
4 main causes of urban problems: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Many people in a small area
Lack of flat land
Poor urban planning in the past
Rapid economic growth
Hong Kong is small, only _______________________________ in size, but its population is over _______________________. A lot of people are ___________________ in a _______________ ______________. Hong Kong is ___________________ ___________________.
1106 square kilometres, 7 million, crowded, small area, densely populated
The ___________________ ___________________ in Hong Kong is ___________________. Population density in ____________ ______________ ______________ such as ___________________ ___________________ ___________________, ___________________ ___________________, ___________________ ___________________ and ___________________ ___________________, is much ___________________ than other places.
population distribution, uneven, old urban areas, Sham Shui Po, Mong Kok, Kowloon City, North Point, higher
When the number of people is so ___________________ that a place cannot ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ for them, ___________________ occurs.
large, provide enough space, overcrowding
Overcrowding leads to many ___________________ ___________________, such as ___________________ ___________________ ___________________, ______________ and __________________ ___________________.
urban problems, poor living conditions, air, noise pollution
formula of natural increase of population:
Number of births-number of deaths
Natural increase is not the ___________________ ___________________ leading to ___________________ ___________________.
major reason, population growth
The number of ___________________ in 2016/17 has ___________________, while the number of ___________________ has ___________________.
births, decreased, deaths, increased
Formula for net migration:
Number of immigrants-number of emigrants
___________________ is a major cause of population growth in HK.
Migration
Hong Kong is not only small, its ___________________ is ___________________ too. Hong Kong does not have ___________________ ___________________ _______ ________________ _______________. Some ___________________ ___________________ cannot be used.
relief, hilly
plenty of flat land, high ground
Apart from having a __________________ relief, ___________% of land in Hong Kong are ___________________ ___________________ and ___________________ ___________________. ___________________ is not allowed in these areas.
hilly, 40, protected areas, country parks, development
As there is only a ___________________ ___________________ of ___________________ ___________________ for urban use, buildings are ___________________ ___________________ and the ________________ ______________ ______________. There is also ___________________ _________________ ___________________ ___________________ in the urban area.
limited amount, flat land, closely packed, prices are high, little open space available
We can find most ___________________ ___________________ in Hong Kong in the ________________ _____________________.
flat land, New Territories
The ___________________ ___________________ of flat land drove up the ___________________ ___________________ in Hong Kong.
limited supply, property prices
Urban planning involves ___________________________________________________________________________, and ___________________________________________________________________.
how a piece of land is used, what facilities are going to be built on that piece of land
Urban planning was __________________ in the past.
As a result, the ___________________ in many ______________ ___________________ ___________________ is used in a ________________ way.
The roads are ___________________.
That is why ___________________ ___________________ caused by ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ and ___________________ ___________________ are common in these areas.
poor, land, old urban areas, mixed, narrow, urban problems, land use conflict, traffic congestion
Our ___________________ has grown a lot since the ____________s.
As a result,
-we need more _______________ for ___________________ ___________________, eg offices and shops
-we use more ___________________ and ___________________ _______________ ___________________. If we cannot ___________________ the ___________________ properly, various ___________________ ___________________ result
-more people can ___________________ to ____________ ___________. This ___________________ the problem of ___________________ ___________________ and causes ____________ ___________________.
economy, 1960, land, commercial activities, resources, produce more waste, treat, waste, pollution problems, afford, buy cars, worsens, traffic congestion, air pollution
