Urban Settlements (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Geography)

Study Fig 1, which shows a retail park

Fig 1 - Retail Park

With reference to the photograph, suggest why many new shopping centers locate out of town

Increased urbanisation can cause problems in cities.  Explain two problems that can occur.

Study Fig 1, which shows strategies which can be used to improve squatter settlements.

Fig 1 - Strategies to improve squatter settlements

Which strategy shown in Fig 1, do you consider to be the best one to improve the lives of people living in squatter settlements?  Justify your answer by referring to the advantages of the strategy you have chosen. Reference to examples may help your answer

Study Fig. 2.1 (below), which is a map of the CBD of Manly, Australia (an MEDC).

(i)

What is meant by the initials CBD?

           C............................B............................D............................ 

[1]

(ii)

Identify from Fig. 2.1:

- a street which is pedestrianised
- a form of public transport which serves Manly CBD.

 [2]

(iii)

Explain why there are high-rise buildings in the CBD of many urban areas.

[3]

(iv)

Explain why some shops and services are being located in shopping malls in the rural-urban fringe.

[4]

Figure 2.2

Figure 2.3

Study Figs. 2.2 and 2.3, which are photographs taken in an area which is being developed in the rural-urban fringe a small town.

(i)

Suggest three reasons why the rural-urban fringe shown in Figs. 2.2 and 2.3 is being developed.

[3]

(ii)

Suggest why some people may agree with the development of the area shown in Figs. 2.2 and 2.3 but other people may oppose it.

[5]

Study Fig. 2.2, which is information about traffic congestion in Gauteng, a province in South Africa.

Fig 2.2

(i)

Using Fig. 2.2 only, give three reasons why urban areas in Gauteng will experience increased traffic congestion.

[3]

(ii)

Using Fig. 2.2 and your own knowledge, suggest how traffic problems could be reduced in urban areas in Gauteng.

[5]

Study Fig. 2.1, which is a transect across a city in Belgium, an MEDC in Europe.

(i)

What is the distance from the CBD to the boundary of the city?

........................km

[1]

(ii)

Identify from Fig. 2.1 the letter which represents:

– an area of traditional industry where redevelopment is taking place

– an area where a ring road and business park have recently been built on greenfield sites

[2]

(iii)

State three likely differences between residential areas C and D in the MEDC city shown in Fig. 2.1.

[3]

(iv)

Give two examples of low-order services which are likely to be located close to residential areas such as in area X in Fig. 2.1.

Explain why many of the services in this area are likely to be low-order services.

Example 1 ......................................

Example 2 .......................................

Explanation .......................................

[4]

For an urban area that you have studied, describe how the environment has been improved 

For an urban area you have studied, describe how traffic congestion is being managed 

For a named urban area you have studied, describe the problems of urban sprawl

For a named urban area you have studied, describe the solutions to urban sprawl

For a named urban area you have studied, describe and explain the characteristics of the Central Business District (CBD).

Name of urban area ..............

For a named urban area you have studied, describe how traffic problems have been managed.

Name of urban area .................................................................

For a named urban area you have studied, describe a change in land use and explain why it has caused conflict.

Name of urban area ........................................