Geography Flashcards
What is a city?
-large population size
-High population density
-built-up area
-range of functions eg. economic hub/trade center
What is the r/s between cities and Rural areas?
-Rural-Urban Migration
-Provision of goods and services
How do cities affect their inhabitants and the environment?
Opportunities for people
-Education and employment
-Technological innovation
Challenges people face
-Increased environmental pollution
-Competition for natural resources
How can cities be sustainably built and managed?
Environmental Management
-Management of physical environment
-Management of hazards
Improve quality of life
-Providing safe housing
-Providing a variety of transportation modes
-Considering the needs of different groups
What are the different types of housing and their characteristics?
Formal housing
-Built by government or private developers
-Legal right to occupy land
-Access to basic services eg. water, gas and electricity
-High quality building materials eg. concrete, metal and hardwood
Informal housing
-Self-built squatter settlements
-No legal right to occupy land
-Lack of basic services
-poor quality building materials eg. zinc sheets, carboard and recycled lumber
Where is the location of different type of housing?
Formal
-Found on desirable land eg. near greenary amenities and away from pollution
Informal
-Found in locally unwanted land-use eg. next to railways, near pollution and areas with factories or sewage
What are the factors that affect the location of housing?
- Land use planning
-Developers eg public/private
-land prices
-Housing Financial support
How does housing affect the natural environment?
-Use of natural resources
-Environmental pollution
How does access to housing affect people?
-Provision of basic needs Eg. shelter, water, electricity and sewage
-Presences of amenities Eg. Grocery shops, eateries, markets and medical services.
-Presence of communities Eg. neighbourhood
How can housing be sustainably managed
-Integrated land-use planning DEFINITION: comprehensive approach that coordinates the development and management of land, balancing environmental, social, and economic factors to optimize sustainable use.
-Provision of inclusive public housing, range of housings to cater for different groups. Eg. smaller apartments for a small family.
-environmental features in buildings, environmentally friendly technologies into housing. Eg. solar panels, water saving fittings and green roofs/walls to reduce temperature.
-Improvements to the conditions of slums, demolish informal housing and resettle their occupants to formal housing.
What are the characteristics that make up a transport systems?
-Density of transport network - How much transport modes, nodes and routes a network covers in a given area.
-Quality of transport infrastructure - FCCCE, Frequency, Coverage, Capacity, Convenience and Environmental Sustainability.
-Variety of transport modes - Via land, water or air.
Where are transport nodes located within a city?
-Concentration of Activities, near finance, banking, manufacturing, retail and leisure.
-Level of Accessibility, in areas which are easily accessible, measured by travel time and cost.
What is the use of transport?
-Movement of people - allowing people to commute around the city with relative ease.
-Movement of goods and services - Economic activities allow for services like e-commerce to be run.
-Connection between transport modes -
-Connection between cities -
How do transport systems impact the environment in cities?
-Changes to physical environment
-Increased carbon footprint
How do transport systems impact people in cities?
-Improved mobility for the elderly and persons with disabilities
-Traffic Congestion
-Health and Safety Risk
