Flashcards on Housing Policy and Urban Living
Housing Policy & Urban Living: Student's Comprehensive Guide
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Housing and Housing Policy
13 cards
Card 1
Question: How does housing affect a person's health and personality, according to the text?
Answer: The area and type of housing influence health, personality, and choices of school and employment; poor housing can contribute to illness, crime, and s
Card 2
Question: According to the text, what is a "deprived area" and what problems are concentrated there?
Answer: An area characterized by large families, low wages, personal problems (alcoholism, crime), neglect, and vandalism, which can turn into a slum.
Card 3
Question: What are "twilight areas" and why are they risky?
Answer: Areas with still relatively sound housing, but at risk of deteriorating into a slum; they can worsen if regeneration does not occur.
Card 4
Question: How is "ghetto" defined in the text, and where is this term more commonly used?
Answer: An area predominantly inhabited by one ethnic group or social class with limited acceptance elsewhere; the term is more common in the USA than in Brit
Card 5
Question: What impact did the recognition that poor housing contributes to crime and disease have on local authority measures?
Answer: It led to slum clearance programs, although old problems from the 19th century persist and new slums continue to emerge.
Card 6
Question: What does the term "urban renewal" mean in the text, and why did it become preferred?
Answer: Modernizing and preserving structurally sound housing instead of widespread demolition; the goal is to maintain communities and renovate substandard h
Card 7
Question: What support was introduced for homeowners for house repairs and improvements?
Answer: A unified system of renovation grants (subsidies) was introduced for essential repairs and improvements for private owners.
Card 8
Question: According to the text, what were the main disadvantages of high-rise panel buildings and blocks?
Answer: Family isolation, lack of community ties, loneliness and depression, hidden stairwells and corridors encouraging crime, neglected common areas, and va
Card 9
Question: What was the goal of the "New Towns" created in the 1950s?
Answer: To build satellite towns with large green spaces and no industry, providing healthy modern housing for young families.
Card 10
Question: What disadvantages of New Towns led to their loss of popularity?
Answer: The necessity of commuting to work, family separation (parents spending less time with children), functioning as 'dormitory towns' (sleeping towns), a