Urbanization, vocabulary

Local authorities should fínd ways to limit the use of private cars and encourage city ________ to use public transport.

• commuters

• planners

• dwellers

• people

Located about 60 km southwest of Seoul, this eco city has been planned around a Central park and designed so that every resident can walk to work in the central business______ .

• district

• area

• location

• organisation

The waste ______ system here is also innovative. There are no rubbish trucks or waste bins in the Street.

• dump

• disposal

• landfill

• throwaway

London is a/an ________ city. It’s a melting pot for people from all parts of the world.

• international

• national

• metropolitan

• cosmopolitan

Cities in poorer countries often lack basic _______ . Without it, they are unable to function properly as cities.

• structure

• construction

• infrastructure

• condition

The _______ of living m some places can be very high. Prices in London are particularly exorbitant.

• price

• value

• cost

• worth

Urban ______ is prevalent in most cities. Everywhere you go there are building sites, pedestrian precincts, blocks of flats, and housing estates spreading into the countryside.

• sprawl

• expansion

• widening

• spread

_____ waste is putting city dweller’s health at a real risk.

• Treatment

• Untreated

• Non-treatment

• Non-treated

It’s much safer for cyclists to get around these days with cycle ________ everywhere.

• A. lanes

• B. streets

• C. roads

• D. paths

Millions of people around the world still live in poverty. They are struggling

every day simply to _______ .

• A. Get up

• B. get by

• C. get on

• D. get round