Changing Urban Environments

Question 0

Give 3 reasons why people leave rural areas?

Answer 0

1. Lack of jobs
2. Lack of appropriate housing (without water and electricity)
3. Poor infrastructure

Question 1

What is urbanisation?

Answer 1

The increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas.

Question 2

Give 3 reasons why people move to cities?

Answer 2

1. More jobs
2. Better housing
3. Better infrastructure

Question 3

What is counter-urbanisation?

Answer 3

When more people move from an urban area into a rural area.

Question 4

Give 5 advantages of urbanisation?

Answer 4

1. Better health care
2. Entertainment
3. Better education
4. Running clean water
5. Better job opportunities

Question 5

Give 3 disadvantages of urbanisation?

Answer 5

1. High levels of pollution
2. Shanty towns are illegal
3. Because if no education in the past, people get low paid manual jobs

Question 6

What are the features of the CBD?

Answer 6

Pedestrianised, crowded, lots of shops and restaurants, nightlife, not many cars, multifunctional.

Question 7

What are the features of working class housing?

Answer 7

Terraced housing, maybe a small yard, 2 bedrooms, no drive, on a main road, not set back, linear, maybe around £100,000.

Question 8

What are the features of middle class housing?

Answer 8

Semi-detached, small front yard and a back garden, 3-4 bedrooms, small drive, set back, maybe around £200,000.

Question 9

What are the features of high class housing?

Answer 9

Detached house, stone walls, front garden, large front and back gardens, 4+ large bedrooms, large drive, set back off a minor road, most expensive.

Question 10

What are the features of industrial areas?

Answer 10

Factories, lots of pollution, noisy, dusty, built near rivers, heavy foods vehicles, large brick buildings.

Question 11

What are the 5 similarities between the Burgess and Hoyt models?

Answer 11

1. The CBD is central and circular
2. Everything develops around the CBD
3. Distinct pattern
4. Contains the same features
5. General circular shape

Question 12

What is the difference between the Burgess and Hoyt models?

Answer 12

The layout- the Burgess model is concentric circles, the Hoyt model has wedges.

Question 13

What is the working class housing in LEDCs, and what are its features?

Answer 13

Flavelas- wasteland, unclean, crowded, made from scrap materials, illegal, structurally unsafe.

Question 14

What is the middle class housing in LEDCs, and what are its features?

Answer 14

Periferia- running water, electricity, secure brick buildings.

Question 15

What are the features of high class housing in LEDCs?

Answer 15

Gated, apartment or large detached house, pool, centre of the city.

Question 16

What is different about the location of working class housing in LEDCs and MEDCs?

Answer 16

In MEDCs the working class housing is towards the middle of the city around the CBD, while in LEDCs working class housing is on the outskirts of the city as people move to to city and build their own houses on the outside.

Question 17

Name 7 inner city issues?

Answer 17

1. Homelessness and poverty
2. High density terrace housing is overcrowded
3. Factories closed so people left, and immigrants took place
4. Doesn’t attract investments, so jobs are low paid
5. Pollution
6. Gangs and crime
7. Unemployment

Question 18

Where is Hulme?

Answer 18

Manchester

Question 19

What was Hulme originally like and what happened in 1960?

Answer 19

It was made up of terraced housing for factory workers, and the conditions were very poor, so they were demolished in 1960.