GCSE P2UA - Urban change in the UK

Question 1

How is the UK’s Population distributed?

Answer 1

Unevenly, being the one of the most urbanised countries in the world, with 84% of our population living in cities
260 people per square kilometer density on average

Question 2

Why is the Majority of the UK’s population living in urban areas?

Answer 2

Because the UK has gone through urbanisation

Question 3

what is the average Population density in London vs Northern scotland

Answer 3

5000/km2 London
10/km2 Northern Scotland

Question 4

Where are the fastest growing cities in the UK?

Answer 4

The fastest growing cities are in south east england

Question 5

where has had the biggest growth so far in the 20th century?

Answer 5

London, with over a million people

Question 6

What is the only major city where the Population has fallen

Answer 6

Sunderland ( North East England )

Question 7

Brownfield site

Answer 7

former industrial land that has been abandoned and that now awaits reuse

Question 8

REDEVELOPMENT

What particular areas are redeveloping?

Answer 8

Bristol harbourside

Question 9

why did areas like the harbouside become derelict?

Question 10

what has happened to the harbouside now?

Question 11

what has happened to Finzel’s reach?

Question 12

What has happened to Stokes Croft?

Question 13

What oppurtunities have the development in Stokes Croft and Finzel’s reach created?

social and economic

Question 14

Urban Sustainability

Answer 14

A city organised without over reliance on the surrounding rural areas and using renewable energy
Sustainability is about planning for today, but meeting the need of tomorrow

Question 15

What are the 3 main ways of urban sustanability in Bristol?

Answer 15

Waste management
Transport systems
Urban Greening

Question 16

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Bristol produces less waste than any other city in the UK, How?

Answer 16

• Teach pupils about recycling
• Introduced more specialised kerbside recycling facilities
• Making improvemnts in recycling so more can be recycled

Question 17

What is an example of waste management in Bristol

Answer 17

Avonmouth waste treatment plant
treats 200,000 tonnes of waste per year
- Will divert 320,000 tonnes of non- recyclable household waste from more polluting landfil every year, generating over 300 GWh og electricity per year, enough to power 84,000 homes.

Question 18

Transport systems

Answer 18

• In 2012 Bristol was the 2nd most conjested city in the uk. A Journey in rush hour toook a 3rd longer than at other times
• To combat this the city created an Integrated transport system
• This idea is to create public transport systems that easily link to each other meaning that passenger journeys can be seamless beteen different types of transport
• The Rapid transport network connects 3 bus routes linking Bristol Temple meads with the Park and Ride

Question 19

What are the advantages to the improvement of transport systems?

Answer 19

• Reduced numbers of Obesity and Deaths due to pollution or Road accidents
• Betterment to emploment
• Reduced carbon output

Question 20

Urban Greening

Making urban spaces greener

Answer 20

Green space contributes to urban sustainably in several ways:
- absorb Co2 and releasing oxygen and wateer, helping to keep - cities cool and conserving energy
- Providing areas of recreation as well as improving mental health
- providing important wildlife habitiats and promoting biodiversity
- trees protect soil from heavy rainfall and reduce runoff thereby helping to reduce the flood risk

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