Urban Issues and Challenges
AQA GCSE Geography
Urban Issues and Challenges
A growing percentage of the world’s population lives in urban areas:
Urban growth creates opportunities and challenges for cities in LICs and NEEs.
A case study of a major city in an LIC or NEE to illustrate:
- the location and importance of the city, regionally, nationally and internationally
- the growth of the city
- causes of growth: natural increase and migration
- How has urbanisation helped Nigeria to develop?
- how urban growth has created opportunities:
- how urban growth has created challenges:
- How has the growth of Lagos caused inequality?
- managing urban growth – slums, squatter settlements
- providing clean water, sanitation systems and energy
- providing access to services – health and education
- reducing unemployment and crime
- managing environmental issues – waste disposal, air and water pollution, traffic congestion
- An example of how urban planning is improving the quality of life for the urban poor: Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project (LMDGP) – Mokoko | Mokoko Floating School
A case study of a major city in an LIC or NEE to illustrate:
- the location and importance of the city, regionally, nationally and internationally
- the growth of the city
- causes of growth: natural increase and migration
- how urban growth has created opportunities:
- how urban growth has created challenges?
- An example of how urban planning is improving the quality of life for the urban poor
A case study of a major city in an LIC or NEE to illustrate:
- the location and importance of the city, regionally, nationally and internationally
- causes of growth: natural increase and migration
- how urban growth has created opportunities:
- how urban growth has created challenges?
- An example of how urban planning is improving the quality of life for the urban poor
Urban change in cities in the UK leads to a variety of social, economic and environmental opportunities and challenges:
Overview of the distribution of population and the major cities in the UK.
A case study of a major city in the UK (Manchester | London | Bristol | Birmingham) to illustrate:
- the location and importance of the city in the UK and the wider world – London
- impacts of national and international migration on the growth and character of the city – London
- London – how urban change has created opportunities:
- social and economic: cultural mix, recreation and entertainment, employment, integrated transport systems
- environmental: urban greening
- how urban change has created challenges:
An example of an urban regeneration project to show:
- reasons why the area needed regeneration – Lower Lea Valley, Stratford, London | Urban Regeneration in Hull: Fruit Market
- the main features of the project – Lower Lea Valley, Stratford, London | Urban Regeneration in Hull: Fruit Market
Urban sustainability requires management of resources and transport:
Features of sustainable urban living – BedZED:
- water and energy conservation
- waste recycling
- creating green space
- how urban transport strategies are used to reduce traffic congestion.
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