1.3 Urban Challenges

• What are slums and informal settlements a result of in urban areas?

  Poverty and inequality
• Addressing urban challenges is a critical priority for urban planners and policymakers.
• Match each housing strategy with its key advantage.

  Social Housing ↔️ Ensures access for low-income

  Slum Upgrading ↔️ Avoids displacing residents

  Land Readjustment ↔️ Increases housing supply
• Slum upgrading avoids displacing residents and is more cost-effective than redevelopment.


  True
• Match the housing strategy with its primary advantage:

  Social Housing ↔️ Ensures access to housing

  Slum Upgrading ↔️ Avoids displacing residents

  Land Readjustment ↔️ Increases housing supply efficiently

  Incentivizing Private Development ↔️ Leverages private investment
• What is one primary cause of traffic congestion in urban areas?

  Inefficient public transportation
• What is the primary goal of land readjustment in urban planning?

  Create developable plots
• What is a major urban challenge addressed by transport solutions?

  Traffic congestion
• What is one disadvantage of promoting active transport in cities?

  Requires urban design changes
• What is one strategy for improving urban air quality?

  Reducing emissions
• What is a primary cause of urban poverty and inequality?

  Rapid urbanization
• What is one disadvantage of incentivizing private development?

  May not target affordable housing
• Overcrowded roads and lack of efficient public transportation systems contribute to traffic congestion
• What is the term for the rapid growth of urban populations, often leading to housing shortages?

  Rapid urbanization
• Environmental issues such as air pollution and water pollution are major urban challenges.

  True
• Match the urban challenge with its impact of rapid urbanization:

  Informal Settlements ↔️ Housing shortages and lack of basic services

  Poverty and Inequality ↔️ Inability to provide jobs and resources

  Environmental Issues ↔️ Strained resources and pollution

  Traffic Congestion ↔️ Overwhelmed transportation systems
• Land readjustment creates new developable plots through reorganizing land ownership
• What is a key advantage of public transportation as a strategy to reduce traffic congestion?

  Reduces private vehicle use
• Order the following strategies to address traffic congestion from most to least effective:

  1️⃣ Public Transportation

  2️⃣ Congestion Pricing

  3️⃣ Promoting Active Transport
• What type of energy sources are promoted to reduce fossil fuel use and improve air quality in cities?

  Renewable energy
• Transitioning to renewable energy sources and electric vehicles reduces the use of fossil fuels.
• The growth of informal settlements or slums often results from the inability to provide adequate housing.
• What do urban challenges refer to?

  Issues faced by cities
• Addressing urban challenges is a key focus for urban planning and development worldwide.


  True
• What is one advantage of social housing as a strategy to address housing shortages?

  Ensures access for low-income
• Land readjustment reorganizes land ownership to create new developable plots.
• Land readjustment reorganizes land ownership to create new developable plots
• What is the main consequence of rapid urbanization?

  Housing shortages
• Match the urban challenge with its impact on urban areas:

  Informal Settlements ↔️ Housing shortages

  Poverty and Inequality ↔️ Lack of resources

  Environmental Issues ↔️ Air and water pollution

  Traffic Congestion ↔️ Overcrowded roads
• Incentivizing private development leverages private investment
• Public transportation requires significant investment in infrastructure
• Air pollution in cities includes problems like smog and greenhouse gas emissions
• Transitioning to renewable energy is a key step in promoting clean energy for urban areas.


  True
• Social housing ensures housing access for low-income residents.


  True
• Rapid urbanization often leads to the growth of informal settlements.


  True
• Addressing urban challenges is a key focus for urban planning and development.

  True
• Unequal distribution of wealth and resources in cities leads to poverty and inequality, with many urban residents living in slums
• What is a key consequence of overcrowded roads and a lack of efficient public transportation in urban areas?

  Traffic congestion
• What is the purpose of social housing as a strategy to address housing shortages?

  Provide affordable housing
• What type of incentives can governments provide to encourage private developers to increase housing supply?

  Tax breaks