What are the causes of these urban problems?

Question 1

4 main causes of urban problems:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Answer 1

Many people in a small area
Lack of flat land
Poor urban planning in the past
Rapid economic growth

Question 2

Hong Kong is small, only _______________________________ in size, but its population is over _______________________. A lot of people are ___________________ in a _______________ ______________. Hong Kong is ___________________ ___________________.

Answer 2

1106 square kilometres, 7 million, crowded, small area, densely populated

Question 3

The ___________________ ___________________ in Hong Kong is ___________________. Population density in ____________ ______________ ______________ such as ___________________ ___________________ ___________________, ___________________ ___________________, ___________________ ___________________ and ___________________ ___________________, is much ___________________ than other places.

Answer 3

population distribution, uneven, old urban areas, Sham Shui Po, Mong Kok, Kowloon City, North Point, higher

Question 4

When the number of people is so ___________________ that a place cannot ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ for them, ___________________ occurs.

Answer 4

large, provide enough space, overcrowding

Question 5

Overcrowding leads to many ___________________ ___________________, such as ___________________ ___________________ ___________________, ______________ and __________________ ___________________.

Answer 5

urban problems, poor living conditions, air, noise pollution

Question 6

formula of natural increase of population:

Answer 6

Number of births-number of deaths

Question 7

Natural increase is not the ___________________ ___________________ leading to ___________________ ___________________.

Answer 7

major reason, population growth

Question 8

The number of ___________________ in 2016/17 has ___________________, while the number of ___________________ has ___________________.

Answer 8

births, decreased, deaths, increased

Question 9

Formula for net migration:

Answer 9

Number of immigrants-number of emigrants

Question 10

___________________ is a major cause of population growth in HK.

Answer 10

Migration

Question 11

Hong Kong is not only small, its ___________________ is ___________________ too. Hong Kong does not have ___________________ ___________________ _______ ________________ _______________. Some ___________________ ___________________ cannot be used.

Answer 11

relief, hilly

plenty of flat land, high ground

Question 12

Apart from having a __________________ relief, ___________% of land in Hong Kong are ___________________ ___________________ and ___________________ ___________________. ___________________ is not allowed in these areas.

Answer 12

hilly, 40, protected areas, country parks, development

Question 13

As there is only a ___________________ ___________________ of ___________________ ___________________ for urban use, buildings are ___________________ ___________________ and the ________________ ______________ ______________. There is also ___________________ _________________ ___________________ ___________________ in the urban area.

Answer 13

limited amount, flat land, closely packed, prices are high, little open space available

Question 14

We can find most ___________________ ___________________ in Hong Kong in the ________________ _____________________.

Answer 14

flat land, New Territories

Question 15

The ___________________ ___________________ of flat land drove up the ___________________ ___________________ in Hong Kong.

Answer 15

limited supply, property prices

Question 16

Urban planning involves ___________________________________________________________________________, and ___________________________________________________________________.

Answer 16

how a piece of land is used, what facilities are going to be built on that piece of land

Question 17

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.

Answer 17

poor, land, old urban areas, mixed, narrow, urban problems, land use conflict, traffic congestion

Question 18

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 ____________ ___________________.

Answer 18

economy, 1960, land, commercial activities, resources, produce more waste, treat, waste, pollution problems, afford, buy cars, worsens, traffic congestion, air pollution