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Chapter 2: Settlement
QUESTION 1: Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460/01 Q2 June 2005
(a) Study Fig. 3 which shows land use within a typical city in a developed country.
X Inner city Suburbs
100
80
Percentage of each zone
60
40
20
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Kilometres
City centre Edge of city
Key
Residential Industry and warehousing Comparison shops
Public buildings Convenience shops Others
Fig. 3
(i) What is the name given to the area labelled X on Fig. 3? [1]
(ii)
Explain why there are often tall buildings close to the centre of cities. [2]
(iii) Using only information from Fig. 3, compare the land use in
the inner city and suburbs. [3]
(iv) Choose and write down one type of land use shown in Fig. 3. Suggest
reasons for the different amounts of this land use between the centre
and the edge of the city. [4]
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(b) Study Fig. 4, a model showing the variation in quality of life in cities
in developed and developing countries.
High
Developed
Quality
of life
Low Developing
City centre Edge of city
Fig. 4
(i)
Briefly describe what the model shows about the variations in quality of life
incities in developing and developed countries. [3]
(ii)
How accurate do you think this model is? Explain your answer by referring
tocities in both developed and developing countries. [5]
(c) In all large urban areas there have been changes in land use in recent years.
These include the development of:
road networks,
residential areas,
industrial areas,
leisure and shopping facilities.
For a named urban area, identify a recent change in land use.
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this development
for people who live in the urban area which you have named. [7]
[Total: 25 marks]
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QUESTION 2: Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460/01 Q2 November 2006
(a)
Study Fig. 3A which shows a rural area in eastern England, along with Figs 3B and
3C which show the settlements of Saxby All Saints and Winteringham.
A B
N
The Humber Estuary
30
Winteringham
South 60
60 Ferriby
Saxby
All
Saints
Horkstow
Winterton
90
Saxby All Saints
NEW RIVER
OL D
R
C
IVE
Appleby Bonby
R ANCHO
60
ANCH
30
OLM
LME
Worlaby
E
Broughton
Winteringham
BRIGG
0 1 2
km
Key
Main roads Town Drainage channels Rural settlements River 60 Contours (metres)
Figs. 3A3C
(i) Winteringham is a nucleated settlement. What is meant by nucleated
settlement?[1]
(ii) Suggest two reasons why Saxby All Saints is a linear settlement. [2]
(iii) Describe the distribution of rural settlements in the area shown
by Fig. 3A. [3]
(iv) Suggest reasons for the distribution of the settlements which you have
described in (iii).[4]
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(b) Study Fig. 4, a map showing the population of market towns in part of eastern
England, along with their spheres of influence.
Key
N 250 000
100 000
50 000
5000
Population
Horncastle
Alford = Boundary
of sphere of
influence
Lincoln
Skegness
Spilsby North
Sleaford Sea
Boston
Grantham
Spalding Holbeach
Bourne
Kings
Lynn
Stamford Wisbech
Peter-
borough 0 20
km
Fig. 4
(i) Give three different examples of the types of services in the towns shown
on Fig. 4 to which people from surrounding rural settlements might travel. [3]
(ii) Using evidence from Fig. 4, describe and suggest reasons for the
differencesin the size and shape of the spheres of influence of
Holbeach and Kings Lynn. [5]
(c) Many settlements have grown over the years into large urban areas. These include
towns and cities with main functions such as:
ports,
industrial towns,
tourist resorts,
administrative centres,
capital cities.
For a named example of a large settlement which you have studied, identify itsmain
function and explain the reasons for its growth. [7]
[Total: 25 marks]
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QUESTION 3: Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460/02 Q5 November 2007
ig. 7 shows the population density and fuel used per person for travel in cities.
F
Thecities are in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia.
Fuel consumption for travel in cities
80
Key
Houston North American city
Australian city
70
Phoenix European city
Detroit Asian city
Denver
60
Los Angeles
Fuel consumption (fuel units per person)
San Francisco
Boston
50 Washington, DC
Chicago
New York
40
Perth
30 Melbourne
Adelaide Sydney
20 Hamburg
Frankfurt
Zurich Brussels
Stockholm
West Berlin
10 Copenhagen Vienna Tokyo
Paris
London Munich
Singapore
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Population density (persons per hectare)
Fig. 7
(a) (i) Which city uses least fuel per person for travel?
[1]
(ii)
Which city has the highest population density?
[1]
(iii)
Which North American city uses least fuel per person for travel?
[1]
(b) Look at the European and Australian cities. Describe the differences in fuel
consumption and population density between these two groups of cities. You may
use figures to illustrate your answer.
Fuel consumption
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Population density
[3]
(c) Suggest two reasons for the differences in fuel used for travel shown in Fig. 7.
[2]
[Total: 8 marks]
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QUESTION 4: Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460/02 Q5 November 2008
Table 5 shows the levels of air pollutants in named cities in MEDCs and LEDCs.
Table 5
Cities in more economically developed countries (MEDCs)
Pollutant
sulphur particles lead carbon nitrogen ozone
dioxide monoxide oxides
London
New York
Los Angeles
Cities in less economically developed countries (LEDCs)
Pollutant
sulphur particles lead carbon nitrogen ozone
dioxide monoxide oxides
Mexico City
Beijing
Seoul
Key
Levels of pollutants
serious high moderate low
(a) Of the cities in Table 5, which is: ..................................................................................
(i) the most polluted city;............................................................................................
(ii)
the least polluted city?....................................................................................... [2]
(b) (i) Which two pollutants reach the highest levels in the cities in MEDCs?
1
............................................................. 2..........................................................
(ii)
Which two pollutants reach the highest levels in the cities in LEDCs?
1
............................................................. 2......................................................[2]
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