Better Cities, Better Lives 1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

The government is encouraging people to install ______ to produce clean electricity at home.

solar panels / wind turbines

In some megacities, people live in very d______ p_______ areas, with thousands of residents in one district.

densely populated

deeply painful

doubtfully prosperous

dangerously paranoid

That area is extremely expensive and mostly inhabited by ______ families.

affluent

affected

awful

aggressive

The old neighbourhood looks very r___-d___ because many buildings have not been repaired for years.

run-down

Many houses in the settlement were built using ______ like metal sheets and old wood.

scrap material

crap material

polluted substances

wind turbines

The small café is __ __ __ of my apartment, so I don’t need a car.

within walking distance

The organisation was founded by an e______t who campaigns to protect nature.

environmentalist

Factories release harmful p______s into the air and water.

pollutants

Families usually prefer to live in ______ areas rather than in office districts.

residential

You have to have a lot of money to live in this suburb. It's an ___ area.

affluent

undeveloped

unjustifiable

ugly

The train station is located ___ the outskirts of the city.

on

in

at

under

Many young professionals are leaving ______ areas and moving to cities for work.

rural

developed

commercial

demolished

The old factory will be ______ next month to make space for a shopping centre.

demolished

conserved

developed

accessed

Every ______ in the building must pay a monthly maintenance fee.

resident

commuter

tourist

fume

Many people prefer to live in the ______ because they are quieter than the city centre.

suburbs

shantytowns

industrial areas

pollutants

The air in the city centre is terrible because of all the ______ from cars and buses.

exhaust fumes

My commute to work takes forever because I live on the o____s of the city.

At the moment there are just abandoned warehouses there, but if we knocked them OVER / OFF / DOWN / OUT , we could create a nice riverside area ...

KNOCKED THEM DOWN

These are all great ideas. However, I think we need to BARE / BEAR / BEER in mind that ...

BEAR IN MIND

A community garden would help bring people closer FOR / TO / WITH / BY nature , and it’d give them access to fresh, healthy food.

CLOSER TO NATURE

Training has taught them self-discipline and given them a new BELIEF / SENSATION / SENSE of purpose .

SENSE OF PURPOSE

Young people might not cause problems if they had something positive to channel their VIOLENCE / ENERGY / HATRED into, like football or boxing, for example.

CHANNEL THEIR ENERGY

The closure of the youth centre last year has led to an increase in vandalism and SMALL / PETTY / LITTLE / UNIMPORTANT crime .

PETTY CRIME

I think it’s about time the council stepped DOWN / UP / TO / AWAY and provided the facilities we residents so desperately need.

STEPPED UP

I feel very strongly that whatever changes are made should bring concrete benefits ____ the community.

BRING (concrete) BENEFITS TO

Cars have been banned from the town centre, with the aim ___ improving both air quality and safety.

AIM OF

Rather than simply denying it exists, the government should be looking for solutions ___ the problem.

SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM

The severe weather has put a lot of pressure ___ the city’s energy resources.

PRESSURE ON

In some developing countries, the allure of the city has proved too strong, with rural populations declining alarmingly ___ a result.

AS A RESULT

The lack of adequate facilities and services in shanty towns has had a seriously negative impact ___ residents’ quality of life.

IMPACT ON

A variety of economic and social, as well as historical, factors have contributed ___ the rapid growth of cities around the world.

CONTRIBUTED TO

Efforts to improve life for urban residents have resulted ___ some highly innovative schemes, such as rooftop gardens and pop-up green spaces.

RESULTED IN

The availability of cheaper housing often leads people ___ settle in the outskirts of cities.

LEADS (people) TO

Urban REDESIGNING / RENOVATION / RETROFITTING involves finding creative ways to use spaces that already exist in the city, such as converting parking places into INSTANT / POP-UP / FLASH green spaces where residents can sit and relax.

URBAN RETROFITTING, POP-UP GREEN SPACES

Within the next 50 years, over a third of the world’s population could be living in shanty SLUMS / TOWNS / CITIES, with no sanitation or access to clean water or electricity.

SHANTY TOWNS

Due to the housing LACK / LIMITS / SHORTAGE, some politicians are calling for a ban on new housing developments in the green BELT / SPACE / ZONE

HOUSING SHORTAGE, GREEN BELT

One of the major drawbacks of living in isolated,LOW-LEVEL / LOW-NUMBER / LOW-DENSITY communities is that it makes people overly dependent on cars.

LOW-DENSITY COMMUNITIES

GROWING / DEVELOPING / BUILDING countries.

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Urban SPREAD / SPRAWL / EXPAND is a problem which affects cities around the globe.

URBAN SPRAWL

The priorities of city LIVERS / DWELLERS / CITIZENS

CITY DWELLERS

Many people are drawn to cities because of the promise of improved living...QUALITIES / FACTORS / STANDARDS

LIVING STANDARDS