Urban Settlements (CIE IGCSE Geography)

For an urban area you have studied, describe how traffic congestion is being managed 

For a named urban area you have studied, describe the problems of urban sprawl

For a named urban area you have studied, describe the solutions to urban sprawl

For a named urban area you have studied, describe and explain the characteristics of the Central Business District (CBD).

Name of urban area ..............

For a named urban area you have studied, describe how traffic problems have been managed.

Name of urban area .................................................................

For a named urban area you have studied, describe a change in land use and explain why it has caused conflict.

Name of urban area ........................................

Increased urbanisation can cause problems in cities.  Explain two problems that can occur.

Study Fig 1, which shows strategies which can be used to improve squatter settlements.

Fig 1 - Strategies to improve squatter settlements

Which strategy shown in Fig 1, do you consider to be the best one to improve the lives of people living in squatter settlements?  Justify your answer by referring to the advantages of the strategy you have chosen. Reference to examples may help your answer

Study Fig. 2.1 (below), which is a map of the CBD of Manly, Australia (an MEDC).

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Study Figs. 2.2 and 2.3, which are photographs taken in an area which is being developed in the rural-urban fringe a small town.

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Study Fig. 2.2, which is information about traffic congestion in Gauteng, a province in South Africa.

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Study Fig. 2.1, which is a transect across a city in Belgium, an MEDC in Europe.