Transport & Communications in Paris Basin

Question 1

What factors encourage t&c services

Answer 1

Physical

Human

Question 2

Name physical factor

Answer 2

Relief

Question 3

Explain relief and difficulty of road & rail network development

Answer 3

Not difficult
Region part of North European Plain
Low-lying flat land

Question 4

Use of transport

Answer 4

Agricultural products e.g wheat to urban food processing plants

Question 5

Name human factor

Answer 5

Location of government - Paris

Question 6

Centre of transport network in France

Answer 6

Paris

Question 7

Road and rail systems from Paris

Answer 7

Radiate out like the spokes of a wheel

Question 8

Disadvantage of rail network

Answer 8

Very centralised

Difficult to travel across France without going through Paris

Question 9

French government investment

Answer 9

High-speed rail network (TGV)

Question 10

TGV focus & links (4)

Answer 10

Paris
Marseilles in the south
Lille in the north
UK via the Channel Tunnel

Question 11

Importance of TGV

Answer 11

Connecting industrial zones in the south and the west to Paris