Diverse Places Practice Questions

Question 1

Explain the processes that lead to ethnic clustering in some locations

Answer 1

International Migration to an area
Changes to built environment eg. Places of worship
Old community move out (don’t feel part of the community/house prices change)
Through choice for security and (for example) estate agents showing people houses where people similar to them live tou get ethnic clustering

Question 2

Explain why some urban areas are perceived as undesirable

Answer 2

Pollution - noise and air
Noise - lots of activities, night life, disruptive
Air and water and waste pollution because of a high population density
And broken glass scenario where deindustrialisation meant this created brownfield sites that are abandoned, the area looks and feels uncared for so this leads to anti social behaviour
This is all undesirable to retirees in particular who want a slower pace of life

Question 3

Explain why large numbers of retired people are found in many UK rural areas

Answer 3

They find these areas desirable because
Beautiful built environment
Less air/noise/waste pollution than urban areas because of a lower population density
Choice to move in retirement to a quieter area

Question 4

Explain why different groups of people have different perceptions of their living spaces

Question 5

Explain how changing fertility rates are affecting different places

Question 6

Explain two ways in which reductions in deprivation can be measured

Question 7

Explain 2 reasons why urban population pyramids in the UK differ from rural population pyramids

Question 8

Explain why some places are becoming more culturally diverse

Question 9

Explain why some groups of people are likely to find inner city living spaces appealing

Question 10

Explain 2 reasons why international migrants tend to live in urban areas