Urban Forms

Question 1

Define urban form. Describe the UKs

Answer 1

Physical characteristics of a built up area including shape, size and density of housing.
-UK has one large mega city region near London and has lots of small villages.

Question 2

Give 3 things impacting settlement location

Answer 2

-Wet points: Want to be near water supply
-Dry points: Lowest flood risk
-Coast: For trade access mostly

Question 3

How will the population, environment, economy and technology change urban form?

Answer 3

-Pop: More migration is difficult to manage and thus put pressure on health/services/education
-Env (physical):Sewer systems need to develop to keep up with pace of urbanization
-Eco:Industry usually follows where people locate.
-Tech: High speed internet in cities. Hardware.

Question 4

Give 4 characteristics of megacities

Answer 4

High density living such as flats and high rise buildings
Environmental problems such as pollution and waste
Residential differentiation between socioeconomic groups
Edge cities

Question 5

Give 3 challenges to megacities

Answer 5

Sanitation. Difficult to provide clean water to everyone. Lots live in close proximity and some live in slums near landfill.
Housing: Large demand but limited supply. Homelessness or informal squatter settlements.
Traffic: Associated with fixed infrastructure and growing population. China had a 100km traffic jam for 10 days.

Question 6

Define infrastructure and give 3 examples

Answer 6

Usually fixed physical or organizational structures needed for society
Energy
Water treatment
Transport