Urban Zones
Urbanisation
Challenges
Solutions (Case Studies)
100
What is the centre area of a city with high land values and often a lot of high rises?
CBD (central business district)
100
A city with over 10 million inhabitants
What is a mega city
100
The name for makeshift and temporary housing that is not owned by its inhabitants, often unsafe, and located in poor areas of the city
Slum/squatter settlement, or shanty town
100
Reusing or repurposing inner-city locations that have been abandoned
urban regeneration
200
Draw and label a diagram of the concentric circle /Burgess model of land use (includes the names for each zone/section)
What is the Burgess model
200
The outward spread of an urban area characterised by low density housing
What is suburbanisation?
200
The sector of the economy with very little pay, little regulation, businesses/workers are not registered, may not have an official or permanent location, etc
Informal economy
200
Curitiba, Brasil implemented several solutions to try to make city living more sustainable. Mention any 2 solution that were implemented.
- Rapid Bus Transport, triple-articulated buses that run every 60 seconds, one bus pass works for every route
- Recycling; over 2/3s of waste is recycled, people are paid fresh fruits and vegetables to collect waste
- Urban fringe has been made into parks
- Lakes created to help control flooding, which had been a regular problem
300
The area at the edge or limit of a city with detached (single family) houses and gardens.
Suburbs
300
Define greenfield and brownfield sites
Brownfield = sites with previous development, often within the city
Greenfield = sites without previous development, often towards the outskirts of the city
300
Three challenges facing developed cities
Any two of: feeding large population, meeting energy demands, transport/traffic, and waste, social segregation, counter-urbanisation, ageing population
300
Explain self-help schemes and how they can be used to improve slum-settlements
Self-help schemes include training and low-interest loans for people to be able to buy materials to build or improve their own houses or to buy or rent a house in a new site
400
Two different common uses of the land in the rural-urban fringe
Any three of :
residential, science parks, leisure space such as golf courses, industrial parks, business parks, large retail malls
400
What is the term used for the beginning of a settlement when people or activities (business) begin to concentrate in favorable locations.
agglormeration
400
A term used to describe living below a reasonable minimum aor having low quality of life, measured by quality of life index (QLI)
deprivation
400
Masdar is considered one of the worlds most sustainable cities. A planned settlement started in 2008, name two strategies that are used in the city to make urban living more sustainable?
- Electric vehicles to move around the city
- Smart water consumption systems to reduce water use in buildings
- Powered entirely with solar power
- Use of traditional 'wind towers' to harnass wind to keep the city cooler, reduce need for air conditioning
- Residents attend mandatory sustainability training
- Recycling of both domestic and industrial waste to repurpose waste
500
Two factors that affect the value (price) of land.
- Roads (main roads, and intersections of roads tend to increase the price)
- Distance from centre (closer to CBD tends to be more expensive)
500
This phenomena contributes to the growth of cities and refers to the idea that it's cheaper to locate in a city where existing services or infrastructure are already established
Economies of scale
500
Explain the reason why socioeconomic segregation is a challenge or issue
Segregation leads to further inequality as less wealthy areas may have less access to healthcare provision, "good" schools, healthy restaurants, safety, green spaces, clean air / water, etc
500
Afghanistan is a developing country, which was struggling with providing job opportunities and feeding their growing urban populations. What solution did they come up with?
Urban gardens 