Place Variation (Edexcel AS Geography): Exam Questions

Define the term gentrification.

Explain the reasons inequalities in pay are found across a country.

State one reason successful regions have high inward migration rates.

Study Figure 2.

Figure 2
The bus timetable from Sharnford village to Leicester city centre Mondays to Fridays

Suggest one way access to transport contributes to social deprivation in Sharnford.

Explain two reasons some groups of people living in a successful region may experience deprivation.

Assess the extent to which national influences have benefited your chosen places.

Location of your local place ____________________________________

Location of your contrasting place _______________________________

Identify one way of comparing economic inequality between two places in the same country.

Study Figure 3.

Figure 3
Derelict land in selected local authorities in Scotland in 2017

Calculate the mean value for derelict land area for the local authorities shown.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

................................................ hectares

Calculate the median value for derelict area for the local authorities shown.

Explain two ways international influences have affected a local place you have studied.

Name of local place: .......................................................................................

1.......................................................................................................................

2......................................................................................................................

Assess whether the demographic characteristics of your local place and your contrasting place are the result of economic factors.

Study Figure 3 (opens in a new tab)showing Chapeltown, near Sheffield, UK, which has undergone economic change.

Students collected data in this town on one day in November 2016 to investigate the changes.

Explain two data collection techniques that could be used at the sampling points to investigate urban change.