Geography - Urban Environments

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Question 1

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Explain how urban growth creates environmental problems. (Use Figure X and your own knowledge)
Answer
  • Creation of shanty areas (Favelas/Bustees)
  • It's too hot
  • It smells

Question 2

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How does urban growth create economic opportunities for people in urban areas in LEDCs?
Answer
  • Self-help schemes
  • Informal jobs
  • Ring roads

Question 3

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How does urban growth create economic opportunities for people in urban areas in LEDCs - EXPLAINATION
Answer
  • Food, education, health care, new phone, skills
  • Food, education, equipment for house, skills, make friends
  • Food, education, health care, equipment for house, skills

Question 4

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How are shanty areas being improved?
Answer
  • Cairo or London
  • New Mexico or Brazil
  • Cairo or Brazil

Question 5

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Sustainable planning
Answer
  • Manshiet Nasser
  • Bedzed/Greenhouse
  • LA, California

Question 6

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Hazards in urban areas/human activities causing problems in urban areas.
Answer
  • Shanty towns
  • Manchester Metrolink
  • Smog in LA

Question 7

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Reducing traffic congestion in urban areas.
Answer
  • Manchester Metrolink/Cambridge Guided Busway
  • California Science Academy
  • London Docklands

Question 8

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Explain how the effects of a natural hazard in an urban area can be reduced.
Answer
  • Shanty towns
  • Smog in LA
  • California Science Academy

Question 9

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Explain how a redevelopment project has improved socio-economic conditions for local people.
Answer
  • Curitiba
  • London Docklands
  • California Science Academy

Question 10

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Urban Greening
Answer
  • London or Cairo
  • California Science Academy or London
  • Birmingham or California Science Academy
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