Unit 3 Reading 1

Draw a line graph to show the overall trend of global urbanisation.

More and more people are moving to urban areas.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Many people think that urbanisation is a positive development these days.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

• I don't know.

Experts think that urbanisation is not going to help the Earth manage its growing population.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

• I don't know.

Both Glaeser, an economist, and Brand, an _______________, support urbanisation.

Which of the following items is NOT an example of infrastructure?

• roads

• sewers

• greenhouse gases

• power lines

According to Satterthwaite, the main problem of urbanisation is ____________.

• the rapid growth of population

• the lack of proper infrastructure

• how to manage the rapid population growth

• how to save resources for our offspring

Seoul is an example given to show that urbanisation and _________ development are inseparable.

The way big cities are spreading out and taking over more and more land is called _______.

• deforestation

• urbanisation

• globalisation

• urban sprawl

Urban planner, Shlomo Angel, thinks that urban sprawl results from rising ___________ and cheaper transportation.