UK population, Migration, Rural Places, New Homes, Sustainable communities, Greenfield and Brownfield sites

Question 1

What is counter-urbanisation?

Answer 1

The movement of people out of towns and cities to rural areas.

Question 2

What has happened to the population of the UK?

Answer 2

It has grown

Question 3

What are the 4 social factors that have affected population change?

Answer 3

• Healthcare, NHS so longer life expectancy and low infant mortality rates
• Marriage, people marry later so they do not have as many children
• Culture, people delay having children until their 30s so they then have fewer children
• Ageing population, A large number of elderly people staying alive longer.

Question 4

What are the 3 economic factors that have affected population change?

Answer 4

• High cost of raising a family
• Maternity pay
• Career

Question 5

What are the 4 political factors that have affected population change?

Answer 5

• Contraception
• Maternity/paternity rights
• Migration
• Vaccination programmes

Question 6

What are the reasons for people migrating to the UK?

Answer 6

• Jobs
• Stable political system
• Good health service
• Better rates of pay
• Good education system

Question 7

What are the reasons for internal/domestic migration in the UK? (Moving from one part of the UK to another)

Answer 7

• Cost of housing
• Change of lifestyle e.g retirement
• In search of work to further their career
• Locate near family

Question 8

Give 3 positive impacts of both internal/domestic migration and international migration into the UK

Answer 8

• More young adults paying taxes
• Many low paid unskilled jobs that UK citizens do not want to do are filled.
• Diversity and culture mean the UK has a greater range of foods, restaurants etc.

Question 9

Give 3 negative impacts of both internal/domestic migration and international migration into the UK

Answer 9

• An increase in the birth rate
• House price increases in popular areas
• Strain on schools

Question 10

Does the UK need to build more homes?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

What garden city did you study?

Answer 11

Ebbsfleet, Kent

Question 12

What eco-homes example did you study?

Answer 12

BedZed, Surrey

Question 13

What do we mean by ‘sustainable community’?

Answer 13

A community which is designed to have minimal impact on the environment.

Question 14

Give 5 features of a sustainable community?

Answer 14

• Local jobs nearby
• Public transport available
• Use of green technologies
• Facilities for people of all ages
• Affordable housing
• Some buildings designed for elderly people
• Built on brownfield rather than a greenfield site

Question 15

What is the Egan Wheel?

Answer 15

It shows the criteria to judge a sustainable community

Question 16

What is a greenfield site?

Answer 16

An area of land that has not been used before for building.

Question 17

Give some advantages of developing on a greenfield site

Answer 17

• Quick and easy to build on

- Cheaper than building on a brownfield site

Question 18

Give some disadvantages of developing on a greenfield site

Answer 18

• Animal habitats destroyed
• Urban Sprawl
• Protesters

Question 19

What example did we study of greenfield site developments?

Answer 19

Oxford’s green belt.

Question 20

What is a brownfield site?

Answer 20

An area of land that has been previously built upon.

Question 21

Give some advantages of developing on a brownfield site.

Answer 21

• Not using greenfield site

- Can transform a place that was in decline.

Question 22

Give a disadvantage of developing on a brownfield site.

Answer 22

More expensive to build on as you may have to remove toxic materials.

Question 23

What example did we study of a brownfield site development?

Answer 23

Ipswich Waterfront Development