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Creating sustainable cities and communities is important because it allows people to live a better lifestyle and have more access to improved resources.
True
Global Poverty includes hunger, malnutrition, limited access to education and health services, social exclusion, and discrimination but does not involve lack of income.
False
Efforts to end Global Poverty faced its largest setback in decades due to the Covid-19 crisis.
True
The Human Development Index (HDI) is calculated from an equation that considers life expectancy, years of schooling, and Gross National Income (GNI).
True
Demographic Dividend occurs when there are declining numbers of people in the workforce relative to the number of dependents.
False
Urban density refers to the increase in the number of people in cities.
False
Urbanization involves the increase in the proportion of people living in rural areas.
False
Informal Housing (slums) is characterized by spacious and permanent structures.
False
Urban sprawl refers to the vertical expansion of cities.
False
Gentrification involves renovating a community to conform to 'middle class taste' as more rich people move in.
True
Test your knowledge of urban density, urban growth, urbanization, and informal housing (slums) with this quiz. Explore the impact of these urbanization-related concepts on modern cities and societies.
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