The Rural-urban fringe

Specification
Type of questions
Module
AQA A
AS
Human Geography
AS Module 2


A2
Core Concepts in
Human Geography AS Module 2

Exam Questions

AS exam questions

  1. With the help of examples, examine some of the consequences of urban growth upon the natural environment. (7)

  2. 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

  1. 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
12.1 Urban Change in the UK and Wider World in the Last 30 years

Exam questions

  1. What is meant by each of the following terms?
    a. suburbanisation
    b. counterurbanisation.
  2. 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




Exam questions

AS Exam Questions
  1. 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

  1. a. How might the urban-rural fringe be defined? (5)
    b. Examine the causes of land use change on the urban-rural fringe (20)
  2. 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


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)



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
  1. ‘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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