Housing GQ1 & GQ2

Traditionally, housing was built in a ...

• planned manner.

• unplanned manner.

True or false?

To have sufficient housing in the city, there MUST be BOTH sufficient quantity (number of houses) and good quality (via building materials, access to services).

• True

• False

Housing developments that are more than 6-storeys and need lifts are known as...

• High-rise

• Low-rise

Housing developments in cities tend to be ...

• low-rise, low-density.

• low-rise, high-density.

• high-rise, low-density.

• high-rise, high-density.

It is safer to live in a house that is ...

• legally built.

• illegally built.

Which of these are characteristics of formal housing? Select all that apply.

• Built using reinforced wood, aluminum and zinc sheets.

• Typically built by individuals.

• Possibility of eviction within minimal warning.

• Access to waste disposal services.

• Access to clean water.

When residents lack access to basic services such as electricity, water, and sanitation, ... (select all that apply)

• they are more likely to contract water-borne diseases (e.g. cholera and dysentry)

• they will find a way to tap on electrical sources, even if it is illegal

• they will look for proper waste disposal services

• they may use polluted sources of water for their everyday needs

Formal housing tends to be found ... (select all that apply)

• away from greenery

• near pollution

• on desirable land

• near roads

Informal housing tends to be found ... (select all that apply)

• near landfills

• near industrial sites

• far from sewage treatment plants and large polluting industries

• in areas of locally unwanted land-use

True or false?

Informal housing tends to occupy locations near large housing or industrial developments.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Informal housing tends to occupy locations near large housing or industrial developments to benefit from existing infrastructure such as piped water, electricity, or roads!

The photo shows illegal tapping of electricity.