WorksheetsChanges in Urban Areas
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 10mins
The two ways that urban areas grow are
nitrogen and phospherous
natural increase and migration
increasing birth rates and migration
Reasons for counter-urbanization include
high land prices, pollution, high crime
reinvestment into inner-city areas, gentrification
attractions such as the olympics and new skyscapers
Which city was the Burgess Model originally based on?
London
New York
Chicago
Washington D.C.
Which word means outside of the city, but not all the way out in the country?
urban
suburban
rural
It is a type of settlement referring to large urban areas that sees a merging together of more than one city or with surrounding towns.
Large Cities
Conurbations
Isolated Dwellings
Villages
This type of settlement pattern has a center point and develop from the middle outwards.
Dispersed
Nucleated
Isolated
Linear
Which of these events had the greatest impact on the growth of cities?
Construction of highways
World War II
The Cold War
Invention of the television
One advantage of gentrification is that it can revitalize a neighborhood in decline.
True
False
Gentrification
Is the buying up and renovation of deteriorated urban houses and stores
Creates a decrease in land value
Does not affect neighborhoods that have been historically inhabited by a certain ethnic group
Only happens in rural areas
Land that has been used, abandoned and now awaits some new use. Commonly found across urban areas, particularly in the inner city
brownfield site
Dereliction
Greenfield site
urbanisation
Abandoned buildings and wasteland.
dereliction
inequalities
mega-cities
brownfield site
A plot of land, often in a rural or on the edge of an urban area that has not yet been subject to any building development.
brownfield site
greenfield site
integrated transport system
migration
The process of increasing and preserving open space such as public parks and gardens in urban areas.
urbanisation
urban greening
urban sprawl
waste recycling
The revival of old parts of the built‐up area by either installing modern facilities in old buildings (known as renewal) or opting for redevelopment (ie demolishing existing buildings and starting afresh).
urbanisation
brownfield site
urban regeneration
urban greening
The unplanned growth of urban areas into the surrounding countryside.
urban sprawl
push factor
green belt
migration
Advantages of out-of-town shopping centres
More accessible than city centres, which are often congested.
Large, free car parks.
Larger stores - meaning there is a good range of products benefiting from economies of scale .
All of the bove
