Practise MYP Individuals & Societies questions on 9.4 Sustainable Planning and review the explanations to check your understanding.
Use these questions for topic practice and to find ideas you want to revisit in your notes or lessons.
Which aspect of Singapore's ABC Waters Programme specifically addresses the 'Social Sustainability' pillar?
How does the use of 'permeable surfaces' in the Singapore ABC Waters Programme contribute to environmental sustainability?
Why is the development of active travel networks, such as walking and cycling paths, a priority in sustainable transport planning?
For technological innovation in a 'smart city' to be truly sustainable, governance must specifically protect:
Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11) emphasizes that urban sustainability extends beyond lowering carbon emissions to include which other factors?
Lowering flood damage costs
Reducing spending on healthcare
Providing safer and cooler public spaces
Restoring rivers to improve biodiversity
By ensuring that only wealthy residents have access to parks
By increasing the urban heat island effect
By speeding up runoff into concrete canals
By slowing runoff and temporarily storing stormwater to manage floods
To provide healthy and equitable mobility options for all residents
To ensure all residents are forced to purchase electric cars
To reduce the amount of public space available for parks
To maximize the speed of delivery trucks
Dependence on private car travel
Privacy and equitable access to services
The use of non-renewable energy
The displacement of low-income residents
Free market competition
Increasing national debt for infrastructure
Expansion of private vehicle ownership
Inclusion, safety, and resilience
