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Option G: Urban environments

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16N.2.bp.13c:
Examine the characteristics of urban deprivation in one or more cities you have studied.
16N.2.bp.14b:
Suggest three reasons why different ethnic groups are often concentrated in different parts of cities.
16N.2.bp.13b:
Referring to one or more named cities, explain two ways in which a circular city system operates.
16N.2.bp.14a:
(i) Identify the region with the highest proportion of people living in urban areas in 2014.

(ii) Identify the region with the lowest rate of urbanization between 1950 and 2050.

(iii) Describe the change in the proportion of people living in urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1950 and 2050.
16N.2.bp.13a:
(i) Describe the general relationship between population density and air pollution from transport.

(ii) State why Mexico City could be considered an anomaly.
16N.2.bp.14c:
Evaluate the success of one management strategy to tackle pollution in one named urban area.
.2.bp.13ai:
Define the term suburbanization.
.2.bp.13aii: Referring to map evidence, briefly describe two processes, excluding suburbanization, that have...
.2.bp.13b:
Referring to map evidence, suggest three reasons why an area of manufacturing has developed at point A (054113) on the 2003 map.
.2.bp.13c:
Examine the pattern of urban deprivation in a city of your choice.
.2.bp.14a: Referring to evidence in the photograph, describe two types of environmental stress that are...
.2.bp.14b: Identify three characteristics of Reforma Avenue that are likely to affect the urban microclimate...
.2.bp.14c: “Cities can never be sustainable.” Discuss this statement, referring to one case study.
17M.2.bp.13a.ii:
Outline three possible economic reasons for the location of neighbourhoods with low incomes and high population density in the urban area shown on the map.
17M.2.bp.13a.i:
With reference to the map, describe the distribution of neighbourhoods with low incomes and high population density.
17M.2.bp.14c:
Examine the effects of the movement of economic activity to derelict land such as brownfield sites.
17M.2.bp.13c:
To what extent has one named housing management strategy been successful in creating a more sustainable city?
17M.2.bp.13b:
Analyse the contribution of natural change to population density patterns in urban areas.
17M.2.bp.14b:
Explain two strengths and one weakness of one named city’s attempt to reduce urban pollution.
17N.2.bp.13b:
Suggest two reasons for the occurrence of low-cost housing areas within cities.
17N.2.bp.13c:
Evaluate the success of one or more strategies to control rapid city growth resulting from in-migration
17N.2.bp.14a.i:
Describe the pattern of temperatures shown south of the River Liffey.
17N.2.bp.14a.ii:
Estimate the temperature range north of the River Liffey.
17N.2.bp.14b:
Using examples, explain two reasons for the growth of suburbs.
17N.2.bp.14c: Examine recent land use changes in the central and/or inner areas of one or more cities.
18M.2.bp.13a.i:
Describe what line A represents.
18M.2.bp.13a.ii:
Estimate what percentage of the city’s total wealth belongs to the wealthiest 10 % of households.
18M.2.bp.13a.iii:
Referring to the graph, outline the evidence that many households in this city suffer from poverty.
18M.2.bp.13c:
Evaluate the success of one strategy designed to sustainably manage pollution in one named urban area.
18M.2.bp.14a.i:
Describe two differences between a circular city system and a linear city system.
18M.2.bp.14a.ii:
Outline how one transport management strategy can contribute to a circular city system.
18M.2.bp.14c:
Examine the consequences of the movements of different socio-economic groups within a city.
18M.2.bp.13b.i:
Explain why people’s choice of residential location within a city might be influenced by their ethnicity.
18M.2.bp.13b.ii:
Explain why people’s choice of residential location within a city might be influenced by their family status (stage in lifecycle).
18M.2.bp.14b:
Explain two reasons for the location of retail activities in the central business district (CBD) of one city you have studied.
18N.2.bp.13b.ii:
Explain one reason, other than migration, why the number of megacities has risen globally in recent years.
18N.2.bp.13a.i:
Outline what is meant by the term “megacity”.
18N.2.bp.14a.ii:
Outline the location of the informal sector in urban areas.
18N.2.bp.13a.ii:
Using the map, describe the global distribution of megacities in 2015.
18N.2.bp.14a.i:
Outline two characteristics of the informal sector.
18N.2.bp.14c:
Examine the causes and effects of the movement of retailing in urban areas to new locations.
18N.2.bp.14b.i:
Explain how urban stress might result from environmental factors.
18N.2.bp.14b.ii:
Explain how urban stress might result from social factors.
18N.2.bp.13b.i:
Explain one economic reason why large numbers of people have migrated to megacities in recent years.
18N.2.bp.13c:
Evaluate the success of strategies of sustainable city management in one or more urban areas.
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Urban populations

Urban land use

Urban stress

.2.bp.14a: Referring to evidence in the photograph, describe two types of environmental stress that are...
.2.bp.14b: Identify three characteristics of Reforma Avenue that are likely to affect the urban microclimate...
16N.2.bp.13a:
(i) Describe the general relationship between population density and air pollution from transport.

(ii) State why Mexico City could be considered an anomaly.
16N.2.bp.13c:
Examine the characteristics of urban deprivation in one or more cities you have studied.
17N.2.bp.14a.i:
Describe the pattern of temperatures shown south of the River Liffey.
17N.2.bp.14a.ii:
Estimate the temperature range north of the River Liffey.
18M.2.bp.13a.i:
Describe what line A represents.
18M.2.bp.13a.ii:
Estimate what percentage of the city’s total wealth belongs to the wealthiest 10 % of households.
18M.2.bp.13a.iii:
Referring to the graph, outline the evidence that many households in this city suffer from poverty.
18N.2.bp.14b.i:
Explain how urban stress might result from environmental factors.
18N.2.bp.14b.ii:
Explain how urban stress might result from social factors.

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