IGCSEGeographyEdexcelTopic Questions6. Urban Environments6.1 The Rise & Characteristics of Urbanisation

The Rise & Characteristics of Urbanisation (Edexcel IGCSE Geography)

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Study Figure 6 which shows the location of nine urban regeneration projects in the centre of Sheffield, UK.

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What is the approximate distance between the sites of project 4 and project 8?

  • 1.3 km

  • 1.8 km

  • 2.3 km

  • 2.8 km

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Study Figure 6 which shows information about Chinese cities in 1980 and Chinese mega-cities in 2015.

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How many mega-cities were there in China in 2015?
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Identify the evidence in Figure 6 that China has experienced rapid urbanisation.
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What is the minimum population of a mega-city?

  • 6 million

  • 8 million

  • 10 million

  • 12 million

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Identify the meaning of the term urbanisation.

  • increasing proportion of people living in urban areas

  • population movement from one country to another

  • increasing population growth on the edge of urban areas

  • population movement from one urban area to another

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Identify the meaning of the term counter-urbanisation.

  • increasing proportion of people living in urban areas

  • population movement from one country to another

  • increasing population growth on the edge of urban areas

  • population movement from urban areas to the countryside

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Identify the meaning of the term megacity.

  • a very large urban area

  • a city with a population over 1 million

  • a city with a population over 10 million

  • a very large rural area

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Study Figure 3a below.

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Suggest one piece of evidence from the photograph that shows this area has challenges associated with rapid urbanisation.

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Define the term megacity.

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Identify one characteristic of a squatter settlement.

  • a location that has previously been built on

  • a location that has high-rise development

  • a location that has illegally built housing

  • a location that has a planned housing development

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Discuss why a population is distributed according to its socio-economic and ethnic background in one named city. 

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Study Figure 3c below.

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Analyse the reasons for the changes in the global urban population.

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Study Figure 3c.

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Analyse the reasons for the distribution of the world’s largest cities.

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Explain two reasons why urban land use patterns vary.

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