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WorksheetsUrban issues part 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
The process by which an increasing percentage of a country's population comes to live in towns and cities is known as ...
rural-urban migration
counter-urbanisation
urbanisation
The unplanned growth of urban areas into the surrounding countryside is known as ...
urban regeneration
urban sprawl
urban greening
The degree to which an individual or an area is deprived of services, decent housing, adequate income and local employment is known as ...
dereliction
deprivation
deindustrialisation
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
A zone of transition between the built-up area and the countryside, where there is often competition for land use. It is a zone of mixed land uses, from out of town shopping centres and golf courses to farmland and motorway. This known as ...
rural to urban fringe
urban to rural fringe
central business district
The population of Birmingham is ...
3.1 million
2.1 million
1.1 million
To qualify as a megacity the population must be at least ...
5 million
10 million
15 million
Birmingham is thought to be one of the top ____ cities in which to locate a business in Europe.
5
10
15
Arup, Atkins, Deutsche Bank, Fujitsu, Jaguar Landrover and Muller are examples of ...
British companies located in Birmingham
Transnational corporations located in Birmingham
Small to medium size enterprises
Which city case study that we have studied has 'has around 200 law firms, many top accountancy firms, 50 major property services, banking specialists and one of Europe’s largest insurance markets'?
Mumbai
New Delhi
London
Birmingham
