Urban environments

Worked examples (6)

• 1Burgess Concentric Zone Model
• 2Hoyt + Multiple Nuclei models
• 3Bid-Rent Theory
• 4Functional zones in HIC cities
• 5São Paulo land-use pattern (LIC/MIC inverted)
• 6Evaluating classic urban models

Model answers (8)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2)
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Defining a megacity
• 2Informal settlements / slums
• 3Air + water pollution in emerging megacities
• 4Mumbai — Dharavi case study
• 5Lagos — Makoko vs Eko Atlantic City
• 6Rio de Janeiro favela pacification (UPP)

Model answers (8)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 Section A style
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 Section A style (AO3)
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 Section A style (AO3 synthesis)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Defining urbanisation precisely
• 2Push and pull factors of urbanisation
• 3Regional contrast in urbanisation rates
• 4Counter-urbanisation in HICs
• 5Urban Transition Model
• 6Evaluating future urbanisation projections

Model answers (8)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2)
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Defining megacity + hypercity
• 2Largest megacities in 2024
• 3Megacity distribution
• 4Drivers of megacity growth
• 5Shenzhen as megacity case study
• 6Evaluating megacity projections

Model answers (8)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2)
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Defining a sustainable city
• 2Three sustainable urban strategies
• 3Curitiba Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
• 4Copenhagen — cycling sustainability
• 5Freiburg Vauban — sustainable district
• 6Singapore MRT + Electronic Road Pricing

Model answers (8)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 Section A style
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 Section A style (AO3)
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 Section A style (AO3 essay)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Defining slums + informal settlements
• 2Named slums + populations
• 3Delhi air pollution + health impact
• 4Infrastructure strain in fast-growing megacities
• 5Cholera outbreak case study — Port-au-Prince 2010
• 6Evaluating slums — wholly negative?

Model answers (8)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2)
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Defining + applying deindustrialisation
• 2Gentrification + named examples
• 3Housing affordability crisis
• 4Stratford Olympic Park brownfield case
• 5Tokyo aging crisis
• 6Detroit shrinking-city case study

Model answers (8)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 style (AO1/AO2/AO3)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Defining the rural-urban fringe
• 2Pressures on the rural-urban fringe
• 3Brownfield vs greenfield
• 4UK Green Belt — purposes + impact
• 5Counter-urbanisation in commuter belts
• 6Conflicts in rural-urban fringe development

Model answers (8)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 Section A style
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 Section A style (AO3)
• ✓Model answer — 4GE1 Paper 2 Section A style (AO3 essay)