Exam code: 4GE1
Study Figure 6 which shows the location of nine urban regeneration projects in the centre of Sheffield, UK.
What is the approximate distance between the sites of project 4 and project 8?
1.3 km
1.8 km
2.3 km
2.8 km
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Study Figure 6, which shows information about Chinese cities in 1980 and Chinese megacities in 2015.
How many megacities were there in China in 2015?
Identify the evidence in Figure 6 that China has experienced rapid urbanisation.
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What is the minimum population of a mega-city?
6 million
8 million
10 million
12 million
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Identify the meaning of the term urbanisation.
increasing proportion of people living in urban areas
population movement from one country to another
increasing population growth on the edge of urban areas
population movement from one urban area to another
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Identify the meaning of the term counter-urbanisation.
increasing proportion of people living in urban areas
population movement from one country to another
increasing population growth on the edge of urban areas
population movement from urban areas to the countryside
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Identify the meaning of the term megacity.
a very large urban area
a city with a population over 1 million
a city with a population over 10 million
a very large rural area
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Identify one characteristic of a squatter settlement.
a location that has previously been built on
a location that has high-rise development
a location that has illegally built housing
a location that has a planned housing development
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State one reason why suburbanisation occurs.
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Identify which one of the following cities is a megacity.
Bogota, Colombia – 7.4 million
Lahore, Pakistan – 11.1 million people
Zhengzhou, China – 6.7 million people
Chattogram, Bangladesh – 5.4 million people
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State one source of air pollution in cities.
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Study Figure 3b.
Suggest one reason for a trend shown.
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Explain two reasons why urban land use patterns vary.
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Explain two factors that affect the rate of urbanisation.
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Explain two factors that have led to the emergence of megacities.
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Explain two ways urbanisation can sometimes cause housing challenges in cities that are growing rapidly.
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Study Figure 3b.
Suggest one reason for a trend shown.
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Discuss why a population is distributed according to its socio-economic and ethnic background in one named city.
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Study Figure 3c below.
Analyse the reasons for the changes in the global urban population.
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Study Figure 3c.
Analyse the reasons for the distribution of the world’s largest cities.
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Analyse the reasons for the rapid rise of megacities and the issues associated with urbanisation.
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Study Figure 3c below.
Analyse the trend in global urbanisation over time.
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