Starter quiz
- In which type of country is urbanisation happening the fastest?
- High-Income Countries (HICs)
- Newly Emerging Economies (NEEs) ✓
- Low-Income Countries (LICs)
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- What is a megacity?
- A city with over 1 million people
- A city that never stops growing
- A city with over 10 million people ✓
- The biggest city in a country
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- Which of these is a push factor for urbanisation?
- More job opportunities in cities
- Better education in urban areas
- Higher salaries in cities
- Poor healthcare in rural areas ✓
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- What is an informal settlement?
- A planned housing estate in a city
- An area where people build homes without permission ✓
- A luxury apartment complex
- A type of farm in rural areas
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- What is the rural-urban fringe?
- The centre of a city
- The area where urban and rural land meet ✓
- A zone with only factories
- A term for small towns
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- Which of these is not a challenge of urbanisation?
- Overcrowding
- Traffic congestion
- Pollution
- More green spaces ✓
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Exit quiz
- What is urban land use?
- The way land is used in rural areas
- The way land is used in urban areas ✓
- The process of people moving to cities
- The growth of farmland in urban areas
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- What is the CBD?
- The outer area of a city
- The area where most industries are found
- The main commercial and business centre of a city ✓
- A large shopping mall in the suburbs
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- What factor is most likely to influence land use in a city?
- The colour of buildings
- The availability of water
- The amount of rainfall
- The cost of land ✓
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- Which of the following statements is true?
- House prices will decrease the further one gets from the CBD.
- House prices will increase the further one gets from the CBD.
- Price per m² may drop from the CBD, but larger homes are not always cheaper. ✓
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Key learning points
- There are a variety of urban land uses.
- Urban land uses (commercial, industrial and residential) have different characteristics.
- Several factors influence urban land use, including accessibility, availability, cost and planning regulations.
Common misconception
House prices will decrease the further one gets from the CBD.
The price per square metre may decrease as one moves further from the CBD, but as homes get larger with that distance, one cannot say that they get cheaper overall.
Keywords
Commercial - a land use category used for areas that trade goods and services
Cbd - central business district; the commercial centre of an urban area
Brownfield site - an area of land that was formerly used for something but which is now abandoned or derelict
Greenbelt - a ring of land that surrounds some UK urban areas where new constructions are regulated to prevent urban sprawl
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