Urbanisation in Contrasting Global Cities (WJEC Eduqas GCSE Geography B): Exam Questions

Describe how a city in a LIC/NIC you have studied is tackling housing problems.

Name of city in LIC/NIC ...................................................................... .

Study Figure 1.

Describe the location of Jakarta

Study Figure 2 . It shows Jakarta’s population growth.

Describe the changes in Jakarta’s population between 1870 and 2020.

Population growth like this can cause problems for urban areas. Give four potential problems.

Explain why cities benefit from population growth.

Study Figure 4.

Suggest why Jakarta is sinking.

Moving the capital city could allow areas of poor quality housing in Jakarta to be cleared.

Explain one advantage of removing poor quality housing for governments.

Explain one problem removing poor quality housing will have for the people that live there.

Urbanisation has contributed to population change on a global scale. Study Figure 1.2 below.

Figure 1.2 – Estimated changes in world population between 2020 and 2100

Complete the sentences by adding the correct information from the box below.

By 2100, the world’s population will have increased by ......................billion.

The continent which will have a decrease in population is .................... .......

Rapid urbanisation is taking place in some parts of the world. Give two reasons why

One challenge of urban growth is waste disposal.

Describe how one global city you have studied is dealing with the problem of waste disposal.

Name of global city ..........................................................................................

Both slum clearance and self-help schemes are possible solutions to housing problems in LICs/NICs.

Study Figure 1.3 below.

Do you consider slum clearance schemes or self-help schemes to be the better option? Justify your choice.

Refer to both types of scheme in your answer.

Your ability to spell, punctuate and use grammar and specialist terminology accurately will be assessed in your answer to this question.

Study Figures 5.1–5.4.

‘The problems caused by the growth of traffic in global cities are a price worth paying.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

Use Figures 5.1–5.4 to support your answer. You may also refer to examples you have studied

Some global cities in developing countries have built mass transit schemes.

Give one reason to explain why such schemes are important for rapidly growing cities.

Give two reasons why some global cities in LICs/NICs find it difficult to build mass transit schemes.

All three cities have experienced rapid growth in the last 40 years.

Much of the growth of the three cities can be explained by migration.

Describe what effects migration has had on a city in a HIC.

Study Figure 3.

Describe the pattern of slums located in Nairobi. Fill in the gaps using four of the words in the box below

The slums are ................................ across the city, but there are none near the ..................................boundary. The cluster of slums to the south west of the CBD are collectively known as the ..................................... district. One of the newest slums, Dagoretti, is .............................. km from the CBD.

Study Figure 4. The Mathare slum is one of the oldest slums in Nairobi.

Use evidence from the photograph to show how peoples’ lives can be improved over time in slum areas such as this.

Study Figure 5. shows the centre of Nairobi, an example of a global city.

List three features common to all global cities.

Describe how a slum clearance scheme in a NIC or LIC you have studied affected people living there.

Name or location of the slum clearance scheme:

Study Figure 7. It gives information about a smallscale health project.

Suggest one reason why it is difficult to set up vaccination programmes in rapidly growing cities such as Nairobi.

Poor waste disposal contributes to problems including the spread of malaria.

Use evidence from Figure 7 to suggest why it will be difficult to overcome the problem of malaria in slums.

Give two reasons to explain why self-help schemes are likely to succeed.