Urban Issues & Challenges (AQA GCSE Geography): Exam Questions

Study Figure 4, a graph showing GCSE scores along a transect through a UK city.

Calculate the range in GCSE scores shown in Figure 4.

Study Figure 1, a graph showing the average annual urban growth rates for selected African countries, 1960–2010.

Use the following data to complete Figure 1.

Study Figure 3, a 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey map showing part of Liverpool, city in the UK.

Areas X and Y show two areas of urban regeneration.

What is the approximate area covered by Area Y?

Shade one circle only.

Give the four-figure grid reference for the Albert Dock.

Describe the location of Area X.

Which term is best defined by the phrase, ‘the increasing percentage of the population living in towns and cities’

Study Figure 1, a graph showing the percentage of people living in urban areas in selected countries.

Complete Figure 1 using the following data.

Calculate the mean percentage of people projected to be living in urban areas in 2050, in the countries shown.
Answer to the nearest whole percentage.

Study Figure 3, in the insert, a 1:50 000 Ordnance Survey map (Map extract key (opens in a new tab)) showing part of Aberdeen, a city in the UK.

Using Figure 3, give the four-figure grid reference for the park and ride.

Using Figure 3, what is the distance along the A944 from the junction at 854 063 to the edge of the built-up area at 890 066?

Study Figure 1, a graph showing the percentage of the population living in urban areas in different parts of the world 1950–2050 (projected).

Complete the following paragraph to describe the changes shown in Figure 1.

Choose the three correct answers from this list:

The smallest increase in percentage of urban population 1950–2050 is expected to be in _____.
From 2020, the rate of increase is expected to ______ in NEEs.
Between 2000 and 2050, lower-income countries are projected to have almost _____ in the percentage living in urban areas.

Outline one reason why rates of natural increase are high in many cities in LIC/NEEs.

What is meant by rural-urban migration?

Study Figure 2, a pie chart showing the reasons for rural–urban migration in a region box of Pakistan, a country in Asia.

Describe the pattern of reasons for migration shown in Figure 2.

Give two pull factors that encourage people to move to urban areas in LICs/NEEs.

Which statement completes the following sentence?

A megacity is a city with at least...
Shade one circle only.

Study Figure 1, a map showing cities that are expected to become megacities by 2035.

Describe the distribution of the cities shown in Figure 1.

Study Figure 3, a graph showing the percentage of household waste that was recycled in 2016-17 in selected cities in the UK.

Complete Figure 3 using the following data.  

Outline one advantage of recycling waste.

Study Figure 5, a graph showing air pollution for 24 hours on 3 January 2019 in New Delhi, a city in India.

At what time of day is air pollution the highest?

Calculate the range in air pollution levels shown in Figure 5.

______ micrograms per cubic metre.

Complete the following fact file for a UK city you have studied.

Outline one way that national migration has led to change in the character of a named UK city. 

Urban issues and challenges

Study Figure 1, a world map showing the rate of growth for some major cities, measured in people per hour.

Figure 1

Calculate the mean rate of growth per hour for the Asian cities shown in Figure 1.

Answer to the nearest whole number

Show your working

Answer = ____________ people per hour

Outline one reason for the slower rates of growth in HIC cities

Give one way in which a major city in an LIC/NEE is regionally important.

Name of city 

Regional importance 

Study Figure 4, a graph showing the 10 UK urban areas with the highest population growth rate (%), 2011–2036 (projected).

Figure 4

Complete Figure 4 using the following data

Calculate the range of population growth rate (%), 2011–2036 (projected) for the urban areas shown in Figure 4.

Shade one circle only

Study Figure 5, a map showing the 10 highest and 10 lowest UK urban areas for population growth rate (%), 2011–2036 (projected).

Figure 5

Compare the distribution of the 10 highest and 10 lowest urban areas shown in Figure 5.

Outline how international migration has affected a UK city you have studied.

Name of UK city

Give one reason for the growth of megacities in LIC/NEEs.

Study Figure 1, a table showing the projected population of the world’s ten largest cities in 2030.

Figure 1

Calculate the mean size of the cities shown in Figure 1.

Answer to one decimal place.

Study Figure 2, a graph showing selected crimes reported on Twitter in Mexico City, a city in a NEE, September 2016–April 2017.

Figure 2

Complete Figure 2 using the following data.

Approximately how much more frequent is street robbery than business burglary?

Outline one reason why reducing crime is a challenge in some LIC/NEE cities.

Study Figure 4, a map of Leicester’s cycle routes in 2020.

Which route would you use to travel south west from the bike-park?

How long would it take to cycle from the bike park to Evington Library?