Chapter 8 Pop-quiz

State what is meant by the term “housing”. 

Housing refers to structures or buildings developed to _________________.

• shelter people from the elements. 

• safe keep people

• let people have a place to stay

• house people

List the features of formal housing. 

• built by government or private developers

• made of high-quality building materials

• access to basic services

• legal right to occupy land

• expensive

How does people living in formal housing have access to basic services (water, electricity and sanitation services).

• They have infrastructure to support these services

• They can pay money for the services

• They built the services themselves

• They nap on the natural resources in their surroundings

List the features of informal housing. 

• illegally built

• self-built

• they are found only in less-developed countries

• lacks access to basic services

Why people living in informal housing could be facing the risk of houses collapsing. 

• Houses are self-built in unplanned fashion

• they are poor

• Use inferior and poor quality materials

• vulnerable to environmental pressures

• they do not have basic services

State one consequence of living in an area with no legal right to occupy the land. 

 

Where are informal housing specifically located at?

• landfills, sewage treatment plants or large polluting industries

• LULU - Locally Unwanted Land Use

• less-developed countries

• in rural areas

How does land-use planning affects the location of formal housing in cities? 

Land-use planning refers to the guidelines drawn up by planning authorities. In Singapore, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the planning authority, practices zoning to _____________, such as housing, commercial, and recreational uses. This allows formal housing to occupy zones and areas designated for housing development. 

• restrict the type of activities and land-use permitted on specific sites

• limit the amount of land to build things

• allow building of infrastructures

• cut the lands into smaller parts