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Hertswood Academy Geography GCSE Challenges Of An Urbanising World (year 11 revision version) > Part 7: The structure of cities > Flashcards

Part 7: The structure of cities Flashcards

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  1. What is the name for the centre of a city?
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a. Central Business District (CBD)

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  1. What is area around the CBD called?
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a. The inner city

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  1. What is the area around the inner city called?
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a. Suburbs

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  1. What is the area around the edge of the city called?
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a. The rural-urban fringe

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  1. What does commercial mean?
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a. Where things are sold e.g. shops and offices

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  1. What does industrial mean?
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a. Where things are made

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  1. What does residential mean?
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a. Where people live

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  1. What is land use?
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a. How the land is used in a particular place

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  1. What does accessible mean?
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a. Easy to get to

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  1. What does availability mean?
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a. How easy it is to get something

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  1. What are planning regulations?
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a. The rules about which buildings you can build in a particular place

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  1. What is the availability of land in the CBD?
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a. Low

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  1. What is the cost of land in the CBD?
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a. High

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  1. What sort of buildings do planning regulations allow in the CBD?
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a. Commercial

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  1. What sort of buildings are there in the CBD?
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a. Tall buildings

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  1. Why are the buildings tall in the CBD?
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a. Because land is expensive

b. There is not much land available

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  1. Why do people build shops and offices in the CBD?
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a. Because it is very accessible

18
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  1. What makes the CBD accessible?
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a. Roads, buses and railway stations

19
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  1. What sort of houses are there in the CBD?
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a. Flats

20
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  1. What is the availability of land in the inner city?
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a. Quite low

21
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  1. What is the cost of land in the inner city?
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a. Quite high

22
Q
  1. What is the accessibility of land in the inner city?
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a. Quite high

23
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  1. What is the land use in the inner city?
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a. Industrial

b. Residential

24
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  1. What sort of buildings do the planning regulations allow in the inner city?
A

a. Factories

b. Houses

25
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  1. What are the houses like in the inner city?
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a. Smaller e.g. terraced houses

26
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  1. Why are there factories in the inner city?
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a. Close to roads and ports

27
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  1. What is the availability of land in the suburbs?
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a. High

28
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  1. What is the cost of land in the suburbs?
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a. Lower than the CBD and inner city

29
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  1. What is the accessibility of land in the suburbs?
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a. Lower than the CBD and inner city

30
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  1. What sort of buildings do the planning regulations allow in the suburbs?
A

a. Houses

b. Shops

31
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  1. What sort of houses are there in the suburbs?
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a. Larger e.g. semi-detached

Hertswood Academy Geography GCSE Challenges Of An Urbanising World (year 11 revision version) (11 decks)

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