Question 1
Study Figure 1, a world map showing the rate of growth for some major cities, measured in people per hour.
Calculate the mean rate of growth per hour for the Asian cities shown in Figure 1.
Answer to the nearest whole number.
[2 marks]
Outline one reason for the slower rates of growth in HIC cities.
[2 marks]
Give one way in which a major city in an LIC/NEE is regionally important.
[1 mark]
Study Figure 2, a newspaper extract about urban change in sub-Saharan Africa.
Explain how urban planning is improving quality of life for the urban poor.
Use Figure 2 and an LIC/NEE example you have studied.
[6 marks]
Study Figure 3, a photograph and factfile about transport improvements in Utrecht, a city in the Netherlands.
Suggest how developments such as this can help urban areas to become more sustainable.
Use Figure 3 and your own understanding.
[4 marks]
Study Figure 4, a graph showing the 10 UK urban areas with the highest population growth rate (%), 2011–2036 (projected).
Urban area
Complete Figure 4 using the following data.
| City | Population growth rate (%) 2011–2036 (projected) |
| Swindon | 26.5 |
[1 mark]
Calculate the range of population growth rate (%), 2011–2036 (projected) for the urban areas shown in Figure 4.
Shade one circle only.
A 8.0% B 8.3% C 8.6% D 8.9%
[1 mark]
Study Figure 5, a map showing the 10 highest and 10 lowest UK urban areas for population growth rate (%), 2011–2036 (projected).
Compare the distribution of the 10 highest and 10 lowest urban areas shown in Figure 5.
[2 marks]
Outline how international migration has affected a UK city you have studied.
[2 marks]
Assess the challenges created by urban change in a UK city you have studied.
[12 marks]