Changing Cities (Paper 2)

Question 1

What proportion of the world lived in cities in 2020?

Answer 1

55%

Question 2

By how much did the UK population grow by between 1830 and 1890?

Answer 2

10%

Question 3

How many universities were there in Mumbai in 2020?

Answer 3

17 universities

Question 4

By 1901 how many cities in the world had a population over 10,000?

Answer 4

33

Question 5

How many people are there per square mile in Dharavi?

Answer 5

1 million

Question 6

How many cases of diarrhoea, diphtheria and typhoid are reported daily in Dharavi slum?

Answer 6

4,000

Question 7

In 2019, what % did London contribute to the UK economy?

Answer 7

21.9%

Question 8

How many mega cities were there in 2017?

Answer 8

40

Question 9

In 2020, what was the population density of London?

Answer 9

5,000 per sq.km

Question 10

What was the student population of Birmingham in 2011?

Answer 10

78,000

Question 11

What % of the current Birmingham population were born outside the UK?

Answer 11

22%

Question 12

What was the population of Birmingham in 2014?

Answer 12

1.1 million

Question 13

What amount of Birmingham is currently covered in park land?

Answer 13

3,500ha in 571 parks

Question 14

How many more houses were needed in Birmingham, in 2015, to meet demand?

Answer 14

5,000

Question 15

What % of Birmingham’s current population is under the age of 45?

Answer 15

66%

Question 16

In what year was Merry Hill shopping centre built?

Answer 16

1985

Question 17

Between 1990 and 1995, by what % did CBD trade fall by in Birmingham?

Answer 17

12%

Question 18

What year did the Bull Ring reopen following redevelopment?

Answer 18

2003

Question 19

How many jobs were lost in Longbridge as a result of the closure of the MG Rover Factory?

Answer 19

5,900 and 65,000 in supply chain

Question 20

In 2016, what % of Birmingham’s population lived in areas categorised by the UK government as the ‘most deprived areas’ in the UK?

Answer 20

40%

Question 21

In 2016, which Birmingham area was categorised, by the UK Government, as in the top 5% of least deprived areas in the UK?

Answer 21

Sutton Four Oak

Question 22

Carbon emissions have be reduced in Birmingham. Between 2009/2010 how much did they fall by?

Answer 22

12%

Question 23

What was the recycling rate in Birmingham in 2013?

Answer 23

30.1%

Question 24

As of 2016, how much money had been promised to be invested in Birmingham of energy efficiency?

Answer 24

£59 million

Question 25

What was the population of Mumbai, in 2016, including metropolitan area?

Answer 25

21 million

Question 26

What % of India’s factory work occurred in Mumbai in 2016?

Answer 26

10%

Question 27

What % of India’s foreign trade occurred in Mumbai in 2016?

Answer 27

40%

Question 28

What was the annual worth of informal industries in Mumbai in 2020?

Answer 28

$1 billion

Question 29

How many rubbish bags were collected daily in Mumbai in 2014?

Answer 29

1 million

Question 30

How many people were there per toilet in Dharavi slum in 2014?

Answer 30

500

Question 31

SPARC is an example of a bottom up scheme in Mumbai. What does SPARC stand for?

Answer 31

Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres

Question 32

How much money did the Mumbai 7 year improvement plan cost?

Answer 32

$2 billion

Question 33

What % of Bihar relied on agriculture in 2011?

Answer 33

80%

Question 34

What % of Bihar had access to electricity in 2011?

Answer 34

58%

Question 35

What was the average income in Mumbai in 2020?

Answer 35

30,000 rupees a month

Question 36

In 2020, what proportion of India’s billionaires moved to Mumbai?

Answer 36

28/100

Question 37

In 2020, how many people in Mumbai were living in slums like Dharavi?

Answer 37

1 million

Question 38

What is urbanisation?

Answer 38

The increase in proportion of people living in built up areas instead of rural areas

Question 39

What is suburbanisation?

Answer 39

The movement of people from inner city areas to the edges of cities due to more green space and low density housing

Question 40

What is counter urbanisation?

Answer 40

The movement of people from urban to rural areas usually located beyond the green belt

Question 41

What is reurbanisation?

Answer 41

When people move back to the centre of urban areas

Question 42

What is decentralisation?

Answer 42

The movement of people, factories, offices and shops away from city centres to suburban, edge of city locations

Question 43

What is deindustrialisation?

Answer 43

The decline of manufacturing and industrial activity (secondary industry)

Question 44

What is industrialisation?

Answer 44

The movement from an economy dominated by primary industry to secondary industry (manufacturing)

Question 45

What provided employment for 14-25 year old people in Birmingham?

Answer 45

Youth promise pledge

Question 46

What did Site and Service do?

Answer 46

Gave locals material to adjust and improve housing

Question 47

What did SPARC do?

Answer 47

Provided permanent housing for residents, community toilets for residents and empowered women to make a difference

Question 48

What did the 7 Year Plan do?

Answer 48

Invested $2 billion into 14 storey high rise apartment +Improved services -Local peoples sense of community destroyed