//Urbanisation and Land Settlement

Question 1

Give an example of an Urban developing city

Answer 1

-Dublin
-Vikings: port and trading centre
-Normans: developed wall, grew economically + trade with England
-Georgian 1700s: old walls demolished, broad streets+squares, houses, manufacturing + canals
-1800s= act of union=no social life, slum landlords
1900s+: economic-tourism, transport, admin-dáil, capital city, social

Question 2

2 Problems of urban growth

Answer 2

• Urban sprawl: rapid growth in the countryside, uses up farmland, villages swallowed up, soulless suburbs
• Urban decline: poor housing+appearance, congestion, unemployment

Question 3

What is urban renewal and give an example

Answer 3

Redevelopment in an area in a town/city
Eg. Fatima mansions
Old: unemployment, poor school attendance, drugs
New: private owned shops and services, less crime and more employment

Question 4

Traffic and 2 solutions

Answer 4

Traffic can be congested in urban areas during rush hour for commuters

1. Public transport eg. Luas
2. Restrictions eg. Yellow box, traffic lights

Question 5

What are functional zones?

Answer 5

CBD
all businesses and shops are located here, smaller shopping areas now part of the city, individual shopping centre, industrial area eg. Docks, residential areas

Question 6

River Rhine Case Study

Answer 6

1. Market function: business, trade, shopping
2. Port function: one of Europe’s busiest river points, manufacturing industries
3. Recreational: historical gothic city, river cruises

Question 7

Urban sprawl and 2 problems

Answer 7

Eg. Tallaght

• rapid growth, planned, connected to city, industrial estates
  1. Uses up farmland
  2. Soulless suburbs

Question 8

City housing (suburbs)

Answer 8

New houses are in suburbs

Inner city: apartments and terraced houses

Question 9

High population city

Answer 9

• Kolkata
• overcrowding: 16m people (100,000km2), pollution
• inadequate services: no clean water- 40 families, 1 tap, poor public transport, bustee poor schools

Question 10

Norman Towns

Answer 10

12th century eg Trim, Kilkenny, eastern/soutern coasts, castles=defense, rivers, fertile lands, low-lying areas, market towns

Question 11

River Rhine Basin

use same functions for Limerick

Answer 11

Koln- Germany

• Market function: banking, shopping, fertile lands from river, nodal point, bridging point
• Port function: Europe’s busiest river points, transshipment, manufacturing industries
• Recreational:historic gothic city, river cruises, pedestrianised areas for tourists

Question 12

Netherlands polders

Answer 12

Reclaim land from the sea and control floods in low-lying land
Below sea level- sea, river or lake is drained on low-lying land
Fertile soil- benefits agriculture as land has been reclaimed from water that eroded minerals from rocks

Question 13

New Town

Answer 13

Tallaght
Industrial Estates- factories and business set up - labour supply, no space in inner-city
Residential area- planned housing as a result of urban sprawl