Urban Issues and Challenges | AQA GCSE Geography (8035)
Urban Issues and Challenges
- 121 questions
- 8 subtopics
- Paper 2
- Paper 2
Urban Issues and Challenges is examined in Paper 2, Challenges in the human environment.
It covers global urbanisation: patterns, trends and what drives them, the rise of megacities, A major city in a poorer or emerging country, and planning for the urban poor, the UK's urban population and a major UK city, an urban regeneration project and sustainable urban living and urban transport.
Sample questions from Urban Issues and Challenges
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Global urbanisation: patterns, trends and what drives them
What is counter-urbanisation?
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The movement of people out of large cities to live in smaller towns and rural areas. -
The rise of megacities
How has the number of megacities changed over the last few decades?
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It has risen sharply, from only a handful in the middle of the twentieth century to several dozen today. -
A major city in a poorer or emerging country, and planning for the urban poor
Why does a shortage of sanitation systems lead to disease?
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Untreated sewage reaches the water people drink and wash in, spreading illnesses such as cholera and typhoid. -
Rio de Janeiro: growth, opportunities and challenges
How have Rio de Janeiro's industries created economic opportunities?
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Its port, oil and gas, shipbuilding and service industries provide jobs, and their growth attracts investment that creates further work. -
The UK's urban population and a major UK city
How does migration from elsewhere in the country change a UK city?
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People arriving from other parts of the UK, especially young adults seeking work or study, keep the population growing and its age structure young. -
Bristol: urban change in a major UK city
What employment opportunities has urban change created in Bristol?
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Jobs in aerospace, finance, media and high-tech industries have replaced much of the old dock, tobacco and factory work, and unemployment is below the national average. -
An urban regeneration project
Why does a falling population make a run-down area's problems worse?
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Shops, pubs and services lose their customers and close, so the area becomes even less attractive and still more people leave. -
Sustainable urban living and urban transport
Why does recycling waste make a city more sustainable?
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It saves the raw materials and energy that making new products would need, and cuts the rubbish sent to landfill.
The 8 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Global urbanisation: patterns, trends and what drives them | What urbanisation is, how urbanised richer and poorer countries are, where urban growth is fastest, counter-urbanisation, natural increase and migration, and the push and pull factors that draw people into cities. | 12 |
| The rise of megacities | Megacities, millionaire cities and world cities, how and where megacities have multiplied, why they grow around capitals and ports, the problems of very large cities, and their effect on the rest of their country. | 10 |
| A major city in a poorer or emerging country, and planning for the urban poor | The location, importance and growth of a major city in a poorer country, its social and economic opportunities, slums and squatter settlements, water, sanitation, energy, health and education, unemployment, crime and pollution, and planning schemes for the urban poor. | 25 |
| Rio de Janeiro: growth, opportunities and challenges | Rio de Janeiro's location, importance and growth, its social and economic opportunities, favelas such as Rocinha, the challenges of water, sanitation, health, education, crime and pollution, and the Favela Bairro project and Complexo do Alemão cable car. | 15 |
| The UK's urban population and a major UK city | The distribution of the UK's population and largest cities, why they grew, conurbations, and a major UK city's importance, migration, cultural mix, jobs, transport, urban greening, deprivation, dereliction, brownfield and greenfield sites, waste, sprawl and commuter settlements. | 22 |
| Bristol: urban change in a major UK city | Bristol's location, importance and migration, St Pauls Carnival, jobs, MetroBus and its European Green Capital title, the gap between Filwood and Stoke Bishop, brownfield redevelopment, sprawl at Bradley Stoke, waste and commuter towns. | 12 |
| An urban regeneration project | What urban regeneration is, why inner city areas decline, the features and funding of regeneration schemes, contaminated land, judging success and gentrification, and the regeneration of Bristol's Temple Quarter around Temple Meads station. | 14 |
| Sustainable urban living and urban transport | Features of a sustainable city, conserving water and energy, recycling waste, creating green space, why congestion matters, and strategies such as public transport, park and ride, congestion charging and cycle lanes. | 11 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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