Unit 13: Option G — Urban Environments
Topic 13.3: Urban environmental and social stresses Questions
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Give and develop one reason why crime rates are often high in the most socially deprived parts of a city.
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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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Which is an environmental benefit of reducing traffic in a city?
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The urban heat island effect means a city is usually...
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A common economic reason cities lose green space over time is...
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Suggest one economic reason why large cities lose green space over time, and develop your answer.
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The table shows the night-time air temperature recorded along a transect across a city, from one rural edge to the other.
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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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State and develop one environmental problem that results from a city's population growing very quickly.
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Explain two distinct ways in which human activity changes the microclimate of a city.
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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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Rapid urban growth tends to raise environmental stress because...
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Concrete and tarmac warm a city mainly because they have a...
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The table shows the percentage of street green space remaining in three neighbourhoods of a fast-growing city.
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Suggest one political reason why large cities lose green space over time, and develop your answer.
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Explain one environmental benefit and one separate social benefit of reducing traffic in a city.
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In the cycle of deprivation, few local jobs lead most directly to…
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Outline two indicators a geographer could use to measure social deprivation in a city.
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Explain how economic and political factors influence where low-quality residential areas are located in a city.
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