Geography Practice Questions Flashcards
How many people at the very least make up a megacity
10 million
Give two pull factors that would encourage people to move to urban areas in pics/nees
Peace,no war
More opportunities in work
Why do sanitation systems in cities in love and news create challenges
The sanitation systems are extremely bad,this leads to cases of diptheria 4000 a day and also cholera putting a strain on healthcare.
Also if sanitation wasn’t bad quality of life in squatter settlements would improve as 1 in 20 people use the streets as a toilet
What is one advantage of recycling waste
It reduces ground pollution and reduces it all going into landfills and/or burned
Assess the importance of managing transport as part of urban sustainability
Transport is very important for urban sustainability as it contributes to national and international tourism
Also transport is important for people who need to work and get to their jobs on time
What is an example of national tourism
Train links north to south e.g. Manchester Victoria to London which is two hours worth,this means that easy access from other larger cities and other key cities used for tourism so more people visit
What could happen if transport is bad for a working person
They could he late consistently and be fired,in addition going home,if the traffic is so bad it takes an hour or more to get home they won’t have time to themselves and may have a lower quality of life and become depressed
what does the word regeneration mean
to improve an area either by gentrification or urban renewal
what type of site was in the manchester docklands
brownfield site,an area of old industrial land
what were the problems with brownfield
polluted water ways/old industrial empty buildings/and dock infrastructure/visual pollution
how many jobs did the regeneration project create in construction and after investment
400 jobs in construction and 6000 jobs after now the area is used
what is the name of the programme that helped people not in education,employment or training
inspire to aspire programme-helped to train oyung people to get a job in the future in the area
how many hours of engagement did inspire to aspire provide young people
3,500 hours
how did young people having high amount of hours in engagement with inspired to aspire help the area
provided a mixture of high and low skill jobs,so a wide range for people in the area.fall in unemployment means that more money is invested in education,healthcare and infrastructure
how has infrastructure been improved
new line with metro link,connecting salford Quays to manchester city centre
