
SL Paper 1
Examine the costs and benefits of urban redevelopment for different groups of stakeholders.
Examine the influence of economic and political factors on the location of low-quality residential areas in cities.
Examine the varying impact of human activity on urban microclimates and air pollution.
Examine the interrelationships between the growth of cities and their infrastructure development.
Examine the contribution eco city design could make to the management of urban challenges in the future.
Examine ways in which deindustrialization has helped bring positive changes to some urban areas and communities.
The diagram shows the cycle of urban deprivation in a high-income country.
State the factor that belongs in box A.
State one political factor that could be included in box B.
Outline how one physical factor can affect the location of low-income residential areas in a city.
Explain two possible ways of solving the long-term issue of urban social deprivation in an area such as this.
The diagram shows a planned model of a superblock, part of an initiative to create sustainable smart cities.
[Source: Superblock Model diagram, Barcelona Urban Ecology Agency.]
Identify two types of vehicle allowed within the superblock model.
Determine the number of residents living in each superblock (as enclosed by the marked roads).
Outline one way in which the superblock model could modify the microclimate of an urban area.
Explain two ways in which technologies can be used by urban planners to manage smart cities such as this more sustainably.
The maps show the growth of Lagos, a megacity in Nigeria, from 1984 to 2013.
Using map evidence, identify one factor that has limited the expansion of Lagos towards the west.
Estimate how far (in km) Lagos has grown along the southern part of the lagoon between points X and Y from 1984 to 2013.
Suggest two social reasons for the rapid growth of a megacity such as Lagos.
Explain two reasons why the informal economic sector is important in a megacity such as Lagos.
The graph shows how much green space remains in the streets of three neighbourhoods in a large city.
[Source: ONS, 2018. How green is your street? [online] Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/
articles/howgreenisyourstreet/2018-11-19 [Accessed 1 October 2020]. Source adapted.]
State which neighbourhood has the lowest amount of green space remaining.
State which neighbourhood has 30 % of green space remaining on its streets.
Outline one reason why urban temperatures are sometimes higher than those of surrounding rural areas.
Suggest how the loss of green spaces over time in large cities like this could be explained by one economic factor.
Suggest how the loss of green spaces over time in large cities like this could be explained by one political factor.
The map shows part of Den Haag (a post-industrial city in Europe).
[Source: adapted from Janwillemvanaalst/Wikimedia fi le licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)]
Using map evidence, state why traffic congestion may occur at De Bataaf (grid square 4722).
State the direction from Vredespaleis (4720) to World Forum (4621).
Outline one possible recent change in urban function in box A.
Explain one possible physical factor and two possible human factors that can affect the pattern of residential development in a post-industrial city such as Den Haag.
Examine reasons for the location of different economic activities in one or more cities.
Evaluate the use of eco-city design as a way of managing large cities more sustainably.
Examine the strengths and weaknesses of resilient city design as a way of managing climatic challenges.
Examine why social deprivation occurs for different reasons in urban areas at varying stages of development.
Examine the influence of two or more physical factors on patterns of economic activity in urban environments.
Examine the management challenges in cities experiencing rapid population growth.
The topographic map shows the small town of Queenstown in New Zealand. Founded in the 1860s this town has experienced rapid growth since then. The scale of the map is 1:50 000.
[Source: NZTopo Database. Crown Copyright Reserved. This work is based on/includes Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand data which are licensed by Toitū Te
Whenua Land Information New Zealand (https://www.linz.govt.nz/) for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution
4.0 International licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Available at: https://www.topomap.co.nz/
NZTopoMap/nz17896/Queenstown/ [Accessed 6 May 2020]. Source adapted.]
Identify the state highway located in grid reference 6105.
State one physical reason for the location of the airport to the east of Frankton (Queenstown Airport).
Outline one reason why land values are higher in some parts of an urban area.
Explain two challenges associated with making infrastructure improvements in urban settlements such as Queenstown.