Homework for Tuesday 6th February
1. Complete summary of article on green belt
2. Read Human Environments chapter 1-answer Credit questions,nos.1-7 p.9
3. Urban Test on Monday 12th
Topics to revise:
site of town
function of town-eg ports, market towns, industrial towns
recognising, describing and comparing land use in grid squares
(eg distinguish CBD, old and new housing, greenbelt, shopping centres, industrial zones)
urban problems:-derelict land, run down housing, unemployment, traffic congestion; threat to greenbelt
urban regeneration, eg London Docklands, Glasgow waterfront, Salford Quays, focus on leisure and recretion
Critical thinking-advantages and disadvantages of out of town developement, eg shopping centres, business parks
ways of gathering information about urban areas-questionnaires, interviews, photographs, transects,
ways of processing information-pie charts, bar graphs, scatter graphs, labelled diagrams
Case Studies-London-Docklands developments
Glasgow-growth of a city-how does land use change from the CBD to the edge of town
Bathgate-recognising change through map study-from mining to car manufacture to electronics to transport logistics
Full revision notes are posted in the GeoWiki
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