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Unit 4: Managing population change
Quick questions on Megacity liveability and sustainability challenges for QCE Geography Unit 4
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What are exposure to hazards?Show answer
Many megacities sit in hazard-prone locations and growth increases exposure. Jakarta floods severely and is subsiding as groundwater is over-extracted; Dhaka faces river and coastal flooding intensified by climate change. The poorest, in informal settlements on the most vulnerable land, are hit hardest, linking the housing challenge directly to hazard risk.
What are interlinked challenges?Show answer
The key analytical point is that these challenges are connected. Informal housing on floodplains, weak sanitation, blocked drains from uncollected waste and subsidence combine so that one event, a heavy monsoon, produces a compounding crisis. Strong answers show these links rather than treating each problem separately, because effective management must address the system.
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