City problems and solutions

Hello, 

Here you are the video we watched in class related to city problems and solutions and the gap filling activity. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_DiRaCfnc4

1. Watch the video and fill in the gaps with one word or more words in the summary below

There are more people living in cities than in 1) ____________ areas. Urbanization is the defining phenomenon of this century; half of the world’s population is urban. It´s in 2)___________or 3) ____________settlements where more than a billion people live nowadays. Many people are enticed from rural areas by the 4) ___________ of a better life.

We need to improve living conditions for the urban poor by providing 5)_____________,clean water and 6)_____________ as the concentration of poverty in urban areas is more 7)____________. If rapid urbanization continues, this will involve 8) _____________services and available space and urbanization will take place in a dysfunctional, 9) _____________ and  ultimately 10)________________fashion.

One key to making cities 11)_____________ better is good planning. Planners need to 12)_____________cities to make them beneficial to all citizens. Cities need green transport and green 13)___________; they need to be energy 14) ____________ and pedestrian- 15) ______, with housing and jobs to 16) ______________ people to come to live there.

Answer key: 1. rural – 2. slums – 3. squatter – 4. lure – 5. adequate shelter – 6. sanitation – 7. alarming – 8. straining – 9. inefficient – 10. counterproductive – 11. work – 12. transform – 13. spaces 14. efficient cities – 15. friendly – 16. attract 

Useful vocabulary: 

-take something to heart

-unleash good practical ideas 

-keep cities livable/liveable in the future 

-adopt city development strategies 

-The Cities Alliance (a global partnership formed by the World Bank and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements to distribute grants, share informaton between local governments, and make policy recommendations to tackle urban issues in poor areas in developing countries)