cities bristol and mexico city

Question 1

site of bristol

Answer 1

confluence of the river avon and the river Frome. The settlement then began to spread up the river valleys

Question 2

situation

Answer 2

southwest of cotswold hills and north of the mendlip hills.

Question 3

burgess model

Answer 3

CBD
zone of transition
residential lower
middle upper

Question 4

burgess model see in the book

Question 5

CBD and inner city functions

Answer 5

tallest and oldest part of the city, it contains the most important shops and businesses
inner city, residential and small light industries.

Question 6

counter urbanisation

re-urbanisation

Answer 6

counter urbanisation: the moverment of people back into countryside areas.
re-urbanisation: the movement of people back into urban areas.

Question 7

bristols demographic

Answer 7

many migrants from eastern europe

also, many young people.

Question 8

decentralisation

and glovalisation definitions

Answer 8

many firms now have there production processes in different parts of the world, they can be headquartered in one part and have there factory in another part of the world.
the growing economic interdependency among countries, which has been brought about by developments in transport

Question 9

decline in the CBD

Answer 9

due to out of town shopping and internet people have started using the CBD less. Out of town shopping centres have parking, rain conver and good transport links.
CBD however have tried to revive the CBD by developing new facilities and by improving parking spaces.

Question 10

strategies for making bristol more sustainable

recycling

Answer 10

recycling bins are given to every resident, bristol has many recycling centres. large scale long term. environment voluntary act so less people will want to participate
aronmouth recycling centre deals with more than 200,000 tones of waste. one of the highest recycling rates in uk

Question 11

strategies to improve bristols sustainability

cycling

Answer 11

many cycling lanes, and links from the suburbs
environmental small scale, emissions however cut down
spent 11.4 million on cycling lanes.

Question 12

improve sustainability

employment

Answer 12

unemployment is the lowest in the country 8%, average salary is 22,293 pounds. attracted large companies to bristol

Question 13

disadvantage of out of town shopping centres

Answer 13

cause a decline in the cbd, less revenue,

Question 14

neighbourhoods in bristol with most immigrants

Answer 14

cabot, lawrence hill.

Question 15

causes of migration

Answer 15

one reason is due to the job situation, people came to bristol from eastern europe when a large amount of immigrants came over
another reason is due to war, for example syrian refugees came to Britain due to the war as it was not safe to live in there country.

Question 16

causes of national migration

Answer 16

jobs in the uk

better education, the best schools are situated in london

Question 17

why would a business want to move to south east

Answer 17

good transport links
easy access to the rest of Europe and beyond
being the seat of Government
the City - the financial heart of England

Question 18

impacts on migration

Answer 18

strain on a housing
starin on schools
strain on hospitals