1.6 Urban Settlements

Question 1

Urban settlements:

Answer 1

An urban settlement is where displaced populations settle within an urban agglomeration such as a town or city.

Urban settlements tend to have several land uses

Question 2

The Central Business District (The CBD) is:

Answer 2

• Centre point of the city and has highest land prices
• Most accessible point in the city
• High-rise buildings and skyscrapers

Question 3

Functions of CBD:

Answer 3

retail, entertainment, financial services, and
other professional services

Question 4

Landuses of CBD:

Answer 4

• Leisure and recreation: may include open land
• Residential: High/multi-story buildings.
• Transport: road and rail networks, train stations,
  and airports
• Business and commerce: offices, shops, and banks
• Industry: factories, warehouses, and small production
  centres

Question 5

The CBD is in the centre because:

Answer 5

• A central location for road/railways to converge
• The most accessible location for workers
• Accessible to most people for shops and businesses

Question 6

Problems the CBD face:

Answer 6

congestion, pollution, and lack of space + greenery

Question 7

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Question 8

Residential Area
Old inner-city area:

Answer 8

• Typically found next to CBD
• Has mainly terraced houses in a grid like pattern

Question 9

Residential Area
Suburbia:

Answer 9

• Urban sprawl and owning cars led to construction of
  well-planned and spacious houses
• Larger than inner city terraces &most have a garden
• Typically, detached or semidetached
• Roads are arranged in cul-de-sacs and wide avenues
• Land prices cheaper than in CBD and inner city
• Demand can make some areas expensive

Question 10

Residential Area
Outer-city estate:

Answer 10

• Located on the fringes of cities with varied housing
• People relocated here when inner city was being
  redeveloped

Question 11

Residential Area
Rural-Urban Fringe:

Answer 11

• This is found at the edge of a town or city
• Mixture of land uses e.g. housing, golf courses,
  allotments, businesses, parks and airports.

Question 12

Industrial Areas:

Answer 12

An area where industrial operations occupy a relatively high percentage of space and there is also a generally high level of export of manufactured industrial trades and crafts.

Question 13

Industrial Area
Where are factories built:

Answer 13

• As close as possible to the CBD but with enough space
• Next to canals and railways to transport materials,
• Next to rivers for cooling, power source or waste
  disposal
• Next to land where lots of workers could live

Question 14

Urban Growth / Sprawl:

Answer 14

rapid urbanisation, due to
building in the rural-urban fringe and land reclamation

Question 15

Problems of urban growth in urban area
For People:
name atleast 6

Answer 15

• Overcrowded
• Unable to obtain jobs/low pay
• Pressure on schools/hospitals
• Increased crime rates
• Difficulties of waste/litter
• Traffic congestion
• Noise pollution
• Lack of sanitation
• Poor quality of life
• Food shortage

Question 16

Problems of urban growth in urban area
For environment:
name atleast 5

Answer 16

• Loss of vegetation
• Loss of habitats
• Impacts on food chains
• Pollution of rivers
• Death of fish/other species
• Pollution of ground water
• Air/atmospheric pollution
• Rivers dry up