Sustainable urban living & transport

What is counter-urbanisation ?

A When people migrate to a different country

B When people move back into the city

C When people move out of the city and into the countryside

D When people move within the city and into the suburbs

Write the correct letter in the box.

Explain one push factor which may cause people to migrate.

Look at Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 in the Resource Booklet.

Identify two differences between Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.

Explain one way of improving the method of data presentation used in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.

CASE STUDY

Challenges and opportunities in cities today

Name of AC city studied:........

Examine one initiative that has made this city more sustainable.

4* Using the information in the Resource Booklet and your own understanding:

1. Evaluate whether the contemporary challenges faced by residents in Mexico City are due to physical factors.

2. Suggest one initiative that could support Mexico City to develop long term sustainability.

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Explain one way people have influenced global climate through the human enhanced greenhouse effect.

Study Fig. 6 in the separate Resource Booklet, which shows Green Energy Plans made in Milton Keynes.

Give one plan to improve green energy mentioned in the article.

Calculate the total cost of the improvements to Milton Keynes. Show your working.

Using Fig. 6 and your own understanding, assess how the green energy plans for Milton Keynes can help to reduce the human enhanced greenhouse effect.

4* Using the information in the separate Resource Booklet and your own understanding:

1 Evaluate whether Milton Keynes is environmentally sustainable.

2 Suggest one additional way that Milton Keynes could become more sustainable.

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Study the scatter graph below which shows GNI per capita and urban population for 12 selected countries.

Which one of the following statements best describes the relationship shown on the scatter graph?

A the higher the GNI per capita the lower the urban population percentage

B the higher the GNI per capita the higher the urban population percentage

C the lower the GNI per capita the higher the urban population percentage

D there is no clear relationship between GNI per capita and urban population

Write the correct letter in the box.

Study Fig. 1 in the Resource Booklet, which shows the Kroo Bay area of Freetown in Sierra Leone in Africa.

Use Fig. 1 to identify and explain two consequences of rapid urbanisation in LIDCs.

Case study – Sustainability in a city in an Advanced Country (AC).

For an Advanced Country (AC) city you have studied, discuss one initiative to make the city more sustainable.

Name of AC city:........

4* Using the information in the separate Resource Booklet, the OS map extract and your own understanding:

1. Evaluate the economic and environmental sustainability of Leeds.

2. Suggest one way in which Leeds can attempt to achieve greater long-term sustainability.

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Rio de Janeiro is facing many challenges, both physical and human, and, as outlined in the article above, the city now has a very limited budget.

Using the information in the separate Resource Booklet and your own understanding:

1. Examine whether you think that Rio de Janeiro should prioritise coastal management improving the squatter settlements (favelas) over the next 10 years?

2. Suggest how your decision could lead to long-term sustainability for the city.

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