Human Environment

Question 1

What are solutions to traffic congestion?

Answer 1

• improved public transport
• multi-storey car parks
• ring roads and by-passes
• one way streets
• park and ride schemes
• pedestrianised streets

Question 2

Changes in Glasgow inner city?

Answer 2

•pulled down tenements and replaced them with high rise flats
•industrial estates built to provide locals with jobs
•community centres and sport centres built to provide recreational activities for locals
•science centre, hydro and transport museum attract tourists which creates jobs for the locals
•around 2,500 houses built in athletes village. Some sold to locals as well as given over for rental
Improved transport infrastructure ( including the M74 )

Question 3

Location of out of town shopping centres?

Answer 3

• cheaper land at edge of city
• near motorway junctions so workers, customers and goods can get there easily
• on large areas of flat land so large buildings and car parks can be built easily
• room for expansion
• open late
• little public transport so difficult for people who don’t have cars to get to
• takes customers away from CBD so they may have to close

Question 4

Mumbai pull factors?

Answer 4

• more jobs
• better education
• better Heath care
• more houses
• amenities

Question 5

Mumbai push factors?

Answer 5

• not enough land
• crop failure
• poverty
• natural disasters
• farm machines(less need for workers)

Question 6

Solutions that have been tried to reduce shanty towns?

Answer 6

• people evicted
• people offered better housing
• authorities sometimes provide the shell of a building with walls and roof
• water supply provided
• refuse collection
• toilet facilities sometimes provided

Question 7

What are the recent changes to Glasgow CBD?

Answer 7

• pedestrianisation enhances retail, business services, increases safety and reduces congestion eg. Buchanan street
• road network had been converted to a one way system allowing traffic to flow more quickly and reduce congestion.
• bus and cycle lanes have been introduced to encourage people to use public transport
• increased off road car parking(multi-storey car parks) reduces parking on roads which reduces congestion
• renovation and refurbishment of city centre retailing eg. Buchanan galleries to improve retailing and compete with out of town centres like Braehead
• new offices/ conference facilities to attract business to the area eg. The Concert hall
• refurbishment of the cities hotels and tourist facilities to attract tourists who create jobs and generate income