GEN 013: People and the Earth's Ecosystems

Module #12 Student Activity Sheet

Name: CUSTODIO, KENNETH M. Class number: _______

Section: ____________ Schedule: ________________________________________ Date: ________________

Lesson title: Effects of urban livelihood in the ecology Materials:

Learning Targets: SAS,
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
1. Identify the effect of urban livelihood in the ecology References:
2. Explain why urban livelihood may result to ecological https://nios.ac.in/media/docume
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A. LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW

Introduction
Hello, PHINMA Ed students! Welcome to GEN 013! We live in either urban or rural areas, but we don't know
what factors contribute to the waste we produce or what happens to someone's health if we choose to live
without discipline. These scenarios may have an impact on future generations. This lesson will look at the
impact of urban livelihoods on the environment. Are you ready to listen? Let’s get started!

B.MAIN LESSON

Content and Skill-Building

Urbanization and poverty go together. True or false?

It depends on what you mean by “urbanization.” The poorest countries in the world are indeed the ones that
have the highest rates of urban growth. The richest countries in the world, though, are the ones with the highest
levels of urbanization.

It would be more accurate to say that high levels of urbanization and wealth go together. Cities house many
poor people, yes. But urban poverty is much more visible than rural poverty, not necessarily more prevalent, and
usually less so. Where it is more prevalent, it is not so much because cities make people poor as because poor
people move to cities. Cities are relatively good places to be poor in, and abundant in opportunities for becoming
less poor.

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Name: CUSTODIO, KENNETH M. Class number: _______

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Ecological disruption

Ecological disturbance, an event or force, of nonbiological or biological origin, that brings about
mortality to organisms and changes in their spatial patterning in the ecosystems they inhabit. Here are the
ecological disruption caused by urbanization;

• Resource consumption

Urban areas currently account for 60-80% of global energy consumption, 75% of carbon
emissions, and more than 75% of the world's natural resource consumption. The trend towards
urbanization in recent years has been accompanied by increased pressures on the environment and
growing numbers of urban poor

• Pollution

Urban pollution may come from natural sources, but the most detrimental are those emissions
related to human activities. The anthropogenic sources of pollution, such as factories, industries,
transportation, and so on, are typically exacerbated in cities due to the local concentration of humans
and human activities

• Natural hazards

Urban areas are facing a range of environmental health challenges including contamination of
air, water and soil. Sprawling urban areas contribute to traffic congestion, with associated air pollution,
noise and long commuting times affecting public health and productivity across the world

• Technological hazards

Technological hazards also may arise directly as a result of the impacts of a natural hazard or
man-made incident or event. Examples of technological hazards may include industrial pollution,
nuclear radiation, toxic wastes, dam failures, transportation accidents, factory explosions, fires, and
chemical spills.

• Infectious disease

Infectious diseases like COVID-19, tuberculosis, dengue and diarrhea thrive in poor and
overcrowded environments and are closely related to unhealthy housing and poor sanitation and waste
management. Poor urban waste management fuels transmission of diseases such as the Zika and
Ebola viruses

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 GEN 013: People and the Earth's Ecosystems
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Name: CUSTODIO, KENNETH M. Class number: _______

Section: ____________ Schedule: ________________________________________ Date: ________________
• Human habitat
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Poor air and water quality, insufficient water availability, waste-disposal problems, and high
energy consumption are exacerbated by the increasing population density and demands of
urban environments. Strong city planning will be essential in managing these and other
difficulties as the world's urban areas swell.

Check for Understanding

Direction: Write if the statement is fall under; resources consumption (RC), pollution (P), natural
hazard (NH), technological hazard (TH), infectious disease (ID), or human habitat (HH). Use the
assigned initial on each option and write your answer on the space provided.

__ID__ 1. The practice of social distancing means staying home and away from others as much as possible to
help prevent spread of COVID-19
__TH__ 2. Transportation accident in EDSA cause a huge traffic in Manila.
__RC__ 3. Urbanization often results in deforestation, habitat loss, and the extraction of freshwater from the
environment, which can decrease biodiversity and alter species ranges and interactions.
__P__ 4. Urban __________ may come from natural sources, but the most detrimental are those emissions
related to human activities
__NH__ 5. Floods, landslides, earthquakes, waterfall ice, fires, as well as technological hazards such as
toxic elements, pipelines, waste and transportation, are presented in urban areas ____ 6. Third-world
cities indeed have appalling levels of air pollution.
__P__7. Leptospirosis is a major public health problem, due to rapid and spatially disorganized urbanization,
inadequate sanitation and poverty, typically occurring in urban slums
__ID___ 8. __________include hazardous materials incidents and nuclear power plant failures.
__TH___9. Extraction and processing of non-regenerative raw materials are often energy intensive activities
involving large scale interventions in ecosystems.
___RC__10. Poor air and water quality, insufficient water availability, waste-disposal problems, and high
energy consumption are exacerbated by the increasing population density and demands of urban
environments.

C. LESSON WRAP-UP Summary

Direction: You are done with the session! Now let me know how much have you learned from the lesson today
by answering the 3 questions below.

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 GEN 013: People and the Earth's Ecosystems
Module #12 Student Activity Sheet

Name: CUSTODIO, KENNETH M. Class number: _______

Section: ____________ Schedule: ________________________________________ Date: ________________
1. Three things you learned:
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2. Two things that you’d like to learn more about:
________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. One question you still have:
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Thinking about Learning

Direction: Answer the question briefly and use the space provided

1. Urbanization and poverty go together. True or false? Explain your answer

It depends on what you mean by “urbanization.” The poorest countries in the world are indeed the
ones that have the highest rates of urban growth. The richest countries in the world, though, are the
ones with the highest levels of urbanization.

2. The world’s worst air pollution exposure levels are found in third-world cities. True or false?
Explain your answer
_________TRUE_______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
3. If you believe that population growth is a major cause of environmental degradation, you should
be especially worried about the growth of cities. True or false? Explain your answer
_______TRUE_________________________________________________________________
_____
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

Answer Key

Check for understanding

4. ID
5. TH

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 GEN 013: People and the Earth's Ecosystems
Module #12 Student Activity Sheet

Name: CUSTODIO, KENNETH M. Class number: _______

Section: ____________ Schedule: ________________________________________ Date: ________________
6. RC
7. P
8. NH
9. P
10. ID
11. TH
12. RC
13. HH

Thinking about learning

Answer may vary

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