Settlements & Service Provision (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Geography)

The students wanted to find out more about how settlement H had grown since 1990. They obtained a land use map of the settlement in 1990. Describe a piece of fieldwork to investigate how land use in the settlement changed between 1990 and 2018.

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To compare the different shops and services in 1981 and 2012 the students produced Table 2.1 below.

Table 2.1

Number of shops, services and other buildings located on the main shopping street

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The students obtained the data for 1981 from an old map of the area. Which one of the following is the correct description of this old map? Tick (✓) your choice.

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(ii)

The students used Table 2.1 to draw the graph, Fig. 2.2, below. Complete the graph to show the changes in the number of food shops and entertainment services.

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(iii)

What conclusion would the students make about Hypothesis 1: Shops and services on the main shopping street have changed between 1981 and 2012? Support your decision with evidence from Table 2.1 and Fig. 2.2.

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(i)

Table 2.3 below shows the results of Question 1 in the questionnaire.

Table 2.3

Results of Question 1: How often do you shop in the town centre?

Use the results from Table 2.3 and the key below to complete the pie graph, Fig. 2.4, below.

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(ii)

Table 6 below shows the results of Question 2 in the questionnaire.

Table 2.4

Results of Question 2: Where do you usually shop?

Use the results from Table 2.4 and the key below to complete the divided bar graph, Fig. 2.5, below.

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The students put the answers to Questions 3 and 4 in the questionnaire into groups. These results are shown in Table 2.5 (Insert).

Under which advantage or disadvantage in Table 2.5 would the following answers be included?

1 I often visit the shop which sells rare books and antiques.

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2 I prefer to shop in another city where there are department stores and more shops which sell clothes and jewellery.

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The students reached the conclusion that Hypothesis 2: Most people in the local area have positive opinions about shopping in the town centre was false. Support this conclusion with evidence from the results of the questionnaire.

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