Urbanisation

Question 1

What do people use to explain the layout of urban areas?

Answer 1

• An urban model

E.g. The burgess model

Question 2

What does morphology mean?

Answer 2

Describes the internal structure of a city.

Question 3

Describe a burgess model.

Four points

Answer 3

• 5 concentric circles
• centre = CBD
• City grows outwards
• based on Chicago

Question 4

What are the urban zones/ functional zones of the burgess model?

Answer 4

• CBD
• inner city
• suburbs
• rural/ urban fringe

Question 5

List the problems with the burgess model (three points)

Answer 5

• out of date. Based on City before mass car ownership
• doesn’t take into account that ppl choose to work in rural-urban fringe
• every city is different

Question 6

Give 3 land uses in the CBD.

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Answer 6

• offices for financial firms and banks
• specialist shops like jewlers
• department stores
• retail parks
• high multi-story buildings

Question 7

Give examples of land use for inner cities

Answer 7

-High density residential housing

E.g. Terraced housing and flats.

Question 8

Give 3 examples of land use for suburbs.

Answer 8

• industry e.g factories
• detached housing with front and back gardens.
• farms

Question 9

Give examples 3 of land use for the rural/ urban fringe

Answer 9

• farms for agriculture, livestock
• factories
• villages

Question 10

What does the CBD look like?

Answer 10

Tall buildings
Modern
Congested
Very busy during the day
Empty at night

Question 11

What does the inner city look like?

Answer 11

Can be deralict
Polluted
Visual pollution
Old Victorian style houses
Terraced houses
Concrete high rise flats

Question 12

What do the suburbs look like?

Answer 12

Open spaces

New - clean

Question 13

What does the rural urban fringe look like?

Answer 13

Open spaces
Natural - green
Little infrastructure
Clean

Question 14

What is the population like in the CBD?

Answer 14

• Commuters
• Business owners
• Tourists
• The wealthy can afford houses in the centre

Question 15

What is the population like in the Inner city?

Answer 15

Densely populated
Immigrants 
Homeless
Students
Pensioners
Single parent families

Question 16

What is the population like in the Suburbs?

Answer 16

Retired
Middle class
Professionals
Families

Question 17

What is the quality of life in the CBD?

Answer 17

expensive land value
Busy
Noisy
High stress
Modern

Question 18

What is the quality of life in the inner city?

Answer 18

Crime
Poor
High stress
Traditional

Question 19

What is the quality of life in the Suburbs?

Answer 19

Friendly
Safe
Healthy
Low stress

Question 20

What is the quality of life in the Rural urban fringe?

Answer 20

Peaceful/lonely
Boring
Old fashioned
Low stress

Question 21

What is urbanisation?

Answer 21

An increase in the percentage of people living in urban areas.

Question 22

How do squatter settlements develop?

Answer 22

Informal sector grows

= urbanisation in poorer areas where Peale have arrived to try to find a better life.

Question 23

Describe the push factors that result in rural-urban migration:

Answer 23

Push = few job oppertunities; expensive housing; little hope for change and improvement; land shortages eg drought - famine.

Question 24

Describe the pull factors that result in rural-urban migration:

Answer 24

More jobs; job variety; cheep housing; more modern lifestyle; reliable jobs and good supply.

Question 25

What are three problems with squatter settlements?

Answer 25

Heath - no basic amenities = poor sanitation = spread of disease.
Poverty - high competition for jobs, low pay and bad education system.
Transport - isolation from society due to poor public transport services.