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The Rural-urban fringe
| Specification |
Type of questions |
Module |
| AQA A |
AS |
Human Geography
AS Module 2
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A2 |
Core Concepts in
Human Geography AS Module 2
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Exam Questions
AS exam questions
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With the help of examples, examine some of the consequences of urban
growth upon the natural environment. (7)
- Some football clubs have
recently relocated from inner city sites to the urban fringe. Comment
on the advantages of greenfield locations for new developments such
as these. (7)
A2 exam question
- Why are some groups of people
more in favour of urban growth into the rural-urban fringe than others?
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| Specification |
Type of questions |
Module |
| AQA B |
AS
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12.1 Urban Change in the UK and
Wider World in the Last 30 years
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Exam questions
- What is meant by each of the following terms?
a. suburbanisation
b. counterurbanisation.
- Choose either ‘suburbanisation’
or ‘counterurbanisation’.
Name an area where your chosen process has operated in a More Developed
Country within the last 30 years.
a. Describe two pieces of evidence that
suggest that the process is operating in that area.
b. Outline the attitudes of the various
people affected by this process in that area.
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| Specification |
Type of questions |
Module |
| Edexcel A |
A2/AS |
Human Systems
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Exam questions
AS Exam Questions
- a. What do you understand by the term ‘suburbanisation’?
(2)
b. For an area you have studied describe and explain the developments
that have taken place on the rural-urban fringe. (6)
a. What is the ‘green belt’? (2)
b. Use Figure 6 to describe the types of land use typically found in
the green belt. (8)
A2 Exam Questions
- a. How might the urban-rural fringe be defined?
(5)
b. Examine the causes of land use change on the urban-rural fringe
(20)
- a. Outline the human processes that operate in the
urban-rural fringe. (5)
b. Examine how the urban economies affect the urban-rural fringe.
(20)
Synoptic Essays
6.2 Discuss the ways in which human activities might modify the landscape
at the urban-rural fringe.
6.4 Discuss the changing nature of the relationship
between rural and urban areas.
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| Specification |
Type of questions |
Module |
Edexcel B |
AS |
Rural-urban fringe
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AS Exam Questions
(a) Study diagram Figure
12 (Rural-Urban Fringe in MEDC):
(i) Define the term rural-urban fringe. (2)
(ii) Explain the purpose of the green belt shown. (2)
(iii) Describe, with reference to examples the key features of the landscape
of the rural-fringe zone. (6)
(b) Study diagram Figure
13 (Rural-Urban Fringe in LEDC)
(i) State two processes that have helped to form the
rural-urban fringe. (4)
(ii) Explain with examples how the rural-urban fringe in an LEDC is likely
to be different from that in an MEDC. (6)
(c) With reference to an example you have studied,
explain how the rural-urban fringe has become a zone of conflict.
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| Specification |
Type of question |
Module |
| OCR A |
A2/AS |
Module 2 (Unit 2681)The Human
Environment
Module 2 (Unit 2684)
People and Environment Options
(5.5.2 Managing Urban Environments;
5.5.3 Managing Rural Environments)
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Exam Questions
AS question
(This would be the last section of a longer, structured question, rather
than an essay)
‘With reference to an area you have studied explain the changes
which are currently taking place within the rural-urban fringes of large
cities’ (12)
A2 question
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‘With reference to one
or more urban areas you have studied assess the impact of urban growth
upon the physical environment’ (60)
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