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Urbanization · ICSE STD 8 (ICSE - English Medium). 5 questions.

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Question 13 Marks
Give the names of few cities which have been selected under Smart Cities Mission in India?
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In India $60$ cities have been selected as ‘Smart Cities’ as part of the Smart Cities Mission. It includes Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Surat, Pune, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Vadodara, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Guwahati, Raipur, Bilaspur, Durgapur, Indore, Gwalior, Rourkela, Jabalpur and Bhopal.
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Question 23 Marks
How do slums affect the cities?
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  1. Since slums are usually located on land not owned by the slum dwellers, they can be easily evicted $($thrown out$)$ from their houses by the owners.
  2. Growth of slums in urban areas puts pressure on essential utilities such as clean drinking water, sanitation, power, etc.
  3. Overcrowding in slums lead to the outbreak of diseases such as malaria and dengue.
  4. Crimes begin to increase in slum areas due to unemployment and poverty. It makes difficult to enforce law and order in the city.
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Question 33 Marks
Why is there a need to build a Smart City?
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The main purpose of a smart city is to improve the quality of life of the people by harnessing information technology and to push economic growth. Also, smart cities encourage area$-$ based development by transforming existing areas, including slums, into better planned places so that people can live happily and comfortably. New areas are identified so that more people can be accommodated in the future.
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Question 43 Marks
What do you understand by Smart Cities?
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Smart Cities are urban regions that are highly advanced in terms of overall infrastructure, sustainable real estate, communications and market viability. The main purpose of a smart city is to improve the quality of life of the people by using information technology $(IT)$ and to push economic growth. For example : In India, $60$ cities have been selected as $—$ ‘Smart Cities’ under Smart Cities mission. It include Jaipur, Pune, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Raipur, Indore, Bhopal, Kochi, etc.
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Question 53 Marks
What are satellite cities?
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Satellite cities are smaller cities that come around larger cities but are independent of them. Its main objective is to relieve pressure from the main city. For example :
Main city : New Delhi $—$ Satellite cities are Noida and Gurugram.
Main city Mubai $—$ Satellite cities are Thane and Navi Mumbai.
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