A LevelGeographyEdexcelTopic Questions6. Diverse Places6.2 Diverse Living Spaces

Diverse Living Spaces (Edexcel A Level Geography)

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With reference to Figure 4a and 4b in the Resource Booklet and your own knowledge and understanding:

Economic and social data Brussels in
northern Belgium		 Charleroi in
southern Belgium
Population

2.3 million 
Largest city and capital

 204,000
5th largest city in Belgium
Unemployment (%) 16.9 25
Main types of employment
in 19th/20th centuries
  • Finance and Commerce
  • Government
  • Coal mining and steel
    works, glass making and
    metalworking
Main types of employment
in 21st century
  • Finance and Commerce
  • Headquarters for TNCs
  • Tourism
  • One of three bases for the 
    European Parliament
  • Public sector
  • Transport
  • Chemical industry
Transport links
  • Brussels Airport has
    international flights
  • High speed Eurostar train
    links to UK and Paris
  • Close to motorways
  • Brussels South Charleroi
    Airport, used by low cost
    airlines, with links to other
    European cities
  • On Belgian main line
    railway
  • Close to motorways
% with tertiary education 43.5 33.9
Life expectancy (male) 78.3 75.9
Life expectancy (female) 83.8 81.7
% aged over 65 years 14 22
% under 15 years 22 17
% 15-64 years 64 61
Crime and terrorism
  • Crime index: 52 (moderate)
  • Safety scale: 49 (moderate)
  • Airport damaged by two
    bomb blasts in 2016
 Crime index: 66 (high)
Safety scale: 34 (less safe)
Environmental quality
  • Air pollution above World
    Health Organisation (WHO)
    recommended levels due
    to vehicle exhausts
  • Numerous parks within the
    city provide green spaces
  • Air pollution is now rated
    ‘Good’
  • 62 waste heaps left behind
    by former industry are now
    covered with vegetation
    and provide ‘green lungs’
    for the city

Figure 4a

Economic and social data for two contrasting cities of Belgium

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Figure 4b

Map of Brussels and Charleroi, two cities in Belgium

Evaluate the reasons why some places appear to be more desirable than others.

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Study Figure 3 in the Resource Booklet.

“ The landlord never got round to fixing my heating and hot water so the damp got worse. The children all have terrible coughs from the damp and it is freezing at this time of year. In the end a group of my friends paid for someone to come round. He found rat droppings behind the kitchen cabinets and said it was one of the worst infestations he had ever seen. The wires to the boiler had been eaten through!

We are using plug-in heaters that my friends lent me, but these use a lot of my benefit money. We go and wash our clothes at my best friend’s house. I have phoned the landlord but she never actually does anything.

I came to this country to keep my children safe. Sometimes I wonder if it was the right decision. At least they get to go to school and get a free meal.“
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Figure 3
Blog from a refugee mother living in inner-city London (as dictated to a support worker)

i)
Suggest one way the writer of the blog presents a negative view of her life in inner-city London.

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ii)
Suggest reasons why perceptions of living in an inner-city area, such as in London, may vary.

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With reference to a named example, explain why people have different opinions about rural living spaces.

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Named rural place: ...........................................................

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Explain why there are different perceptions of an urban area’s attractiveness as a living space.

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