Unit 13: Option G — Urban Environments
Topic 13.3: Urban environmental and social stresses Questions
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The urban heat island effect means a city is usually...
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2020
Outline how replacing streets with trees and green space could change the microclimate of a neighbourhood.
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2020
Outline how closing streets to through-traffic could change the local microclimate.
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2023
Outline how rapid urban growth can pollute rivers.
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Which is an environmental benefit of reducing traffic in a city?
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Concrete and tarmac warm a city mainly because they have a...
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In the cycle of deprivation, few local jobs lead most directly to…
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Which is a physical site factor that locates low-income housing?
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Multiple deprivation means that several problems…
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Crime is often high in deprived areas mainly because of…
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Urban social deprivation is best described as a concentrated lack of…
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Explain two reasons why social deprivation is common in the rapidly growing cities of low-income countries.
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Suggest one economic reason why large cities lose green space over time, and develop your answer.
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Explain two distinct ways in which human activity changes the microclimate of a city.
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2026
State one environmental stress found in large cities.
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A flow diagram shows the cycle of deprivation in a deprived urban neighbourhood. Three stages are labelled below; box A is blank.
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Explain how deindustrialisation can cause social deprivation in cities of high-income countries.
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Outline one reason why urban areas tend to be warmer than the rural areas around them, and develop your answer.
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A city introduces a 'superblock' that closes its inner streets to through-traffic. Outline one way this could change the local microclimate.
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Using the table, state which neighbourhood has 30% of its green space remaining.
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