geography year 10

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what is the definition for site?
Site: The land a settlement is built on
(physical characteristics).
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what is the definition for situation?
Situation: the location of a place
relative to its surroundings and other
places.
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why are more people attracted to indoor shopping centres like the metro centre?
- shops are in close proximity
- indoors
-free parking
- easier to access to by car
-larger stores
- more variety of shops (cafes, cinemas, etc)
3 of 15
What impact has the Metro
Centre had on Newcastle CBD?
- Newcastle looses trade because more people go to the metro centre
- it's harder for the smaller shops and independent stores to be successful
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How is Newcastle becoming more
sustainable?
- more transport links e.g metro stations and buses
- 5,000 jobs on brownfield sites
- 15,000 in the car share scheme
- 40 stations, 40 million journeys on the metro
- 20% reduction in landfill since 2000 -> reduced by giving every house recycling bins
5 of 15
How is Newcastle becoming more
sustainable?
- 20% reduction in landfill since 2000 -> reduced by giving every house recycling bins
- reduced chimney fires
- recycled compost
- 2000 environmentally friendly homes
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What is urbanisation?
An increase in the % of people
living in towns and cities
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what is suburbanisation?
a population shift from central urban areas into suburbs
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what is counter-urbanisation?
the move from urban areas to rural areas
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what is re-urbanisation?
This is when people move back into inner city areas where populations had previously declined due to a range of social, economic and environmental issues.
10 of 15
push factors
the things that make people want them to move away from where they're living
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pull factors
the things that entice people into areas
12 of 15
what are the social effects of urbanisation in Mumbai?
lack of housing which has led to development of slums and squatter settlements
13 of 15
what are the economic effects of urbanisation in Mumbai?
more people from rural areas can take up jobs that they don't want
people don't pay taxes because of the informal economy
14 of 15
what are the environmental effects of urbanisation in Mumbai?
1.8 million cars lead to poor air quality
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Card 2

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Situation: the location of a place
relative to its surroundings and other
places.

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what is the definition for situation?

Card 3

Front

- shops are in close proximity
- indoors
-free parking
- easier to access to by car
-larger stores
- more variety of shops (cafes, cinemas, etc)

Back

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Card 4

Front

- Newcastle looses trade because more people go to the metro centre
- it's harder for the smaller shops and independent stores to be successful

Back

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Card 5

Front

- more transport links e.g metro stations and buses
- 5,000 jobs on brownfield sites
- 15,000 in the car share scheme
- 40 stations, 40 million journeys on the metro
- 20% reduction in landfill since 2000 -> reduced by giving every house recycling bins

Back

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