The cards Question In geography, what is a settlement's site? Tap to flip Answer The point on the ground where the settlement is built. Question In geography, what does a place's situation describe? Tap to flip Answer Where the place is in relation to the human and physical features around it. Question What does connectivity measure? Tap to flip Answer How well connected a place is, by transport and other forms of communication. Question Describe Liverpool's site and situation in brief. Tap to flip Answer A coastal city on flat land in north-west England, about 300 km north-west of London. Question By which four kinds of link is Liverpool connected to the rest of the world? Tap to flip Answer Rail, road, sea and air. Question Which four characteristic urban forms does Liverpool show? Tap to flip Answer CBD, inner city, suburbs and rural-urban fringe. Question What is the rural-urban fringe? Tap to flip Answer The outer edge of a city, where it merges with the countryside. Question Where is the inner city, and what housing is it often known for? Tap to flip Answer Between the city centre and the suburbs; often high-density terraced housing. Question Is a model of city structure an exact picture of a real city? Tap to flip Answer No. It is a simplification that helps us understand how different areas of a city relate to one another. Question Give one country from which Liverpool has had significant historical national inflows of migrants. Tap to flip Answer Ireland or Wales. Question What is an inflow in migration? Tap to flip Answer The migration of people to a place. Question Besides migration, what must be considered to fully understand population change? Tap to flip Answer Changes to birth and death rates. Question What is deprivation? Tap to flip Answer A low standard of living caused by low income, poor health and low educational attainment; sometimes described as living in poverty. Question What does the Index of Multiple Deprivation measure? Tap to flip Answer Relative deprivation, at local authority level and at smaller scales. Question Why can an area's overall Index of Multiple Deprivation rank hide variation? Tap to flip Answer It combines seven indicators, so it is an average that can mask big differences in different aspects of deprivation. Question What is deindustrialisation? Tap to flip Answer The decline in importance of the industrial sector, for example the closure of factories. Question What did 20th-century deindustrialisation trigger in Liverpool's CBD and inner city? Tap to flip Answer Depopulation. Question What is studentification? Tap to flip Answer Areas with a high concentration of students, typically living in sub-divided rental properties. Question What is gentrification? Tap to flip Answer The upgrading of areas (typically housing), often in the inner city, making them more desirable but often more expensive. Question What is decentralisation? Tap to flip Answer The outward movement of businesses and administrative organisations from the city centre to the outskirts or beyond. Question Give one transport development that enabled decentralisation from Liverpool's centre. Tap to flip Answer New motorways. Question What is urban sprawl? Tap to flip Answer The physical outward expansion of a city into the surrounding countryside. Question What is the difference between greenfield and greenbelt land? Tap to flip Answer Greenfield land has never been built on; greenbelt is protected land around major English cities, a policy to prevent urban sprawl. Question In which decade did rebranding and regeneration begin in Liverpool? Tap to flip Answer The 1980s. Question What is rebranding of a city? Tap to flip Answer A planning and marketing strategy to create a new image of a city to encourage growth. Question Give one area of central Liverpool that has seen significant regeneration. Tap to flip Answer E.g. the waterfront, RopeWalks or Lime Street. Question Give one negative impact of regeneration and rebranding on people in Liverpool. Tap to flip Answer E.g. loss of community, a persistent wealth gap, or a focus on tourist needs over local needs. Question What is sustainability? Tap to flip Answer Meeting the needs of today without compromising future needs. Question Is sustainable development only about the environment? Tap to flip Answer No. It needs social and economic aspects to be considered as well as the environment. Question What is a commuter settlement? Tap to flip Answer A place, often a town or village, where people live and from which they travel to other places, normally a city, for work. Question Which village is used as an example of an accessible rural area interdependent with Liverpool? Tap to flip Answer Aughton. Question What is counter-urbanisation? Tap to flip Answer The movement of people away from a city into the countryside, which may reduce the city's population. Question In which decade did counter-urbanisation in Aughton begin? Tap to flip Answer The 1950s. Question Eden, a very rural district, is in which county? Tap to flip Answer Cumbria. Question What is primary employment? Tap to flip Answer Jobs that extract raw materials, including farming, fishing and mining. Question What is rural diversification? Tap to flip Answer Increasing the spread of commercial activities, e.g. creating new enterprises on a farm such as a shop or a B&B. Question What do tourism projects and rural diversification support that strengthens the local economy? Tap to flip Answer The local multiplier effect. Question Give one positive environmental impact that economic development in rural areas can have. Tap to flip Answer E.g. increased environmental awareness or reduced use of agricultural chemicals. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Geography Unit Liverpool: changes in a UK city Exam boards Edexcel B England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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Show the other sources (10) Primary source Challenges of living in rural areas (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Economic opportunities and environmental impacts in rural areas (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Liverpool's structure and functions (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Causes of migration that influence the growth and character of the city (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Inequalities in employment, services, education and health (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Liverpool CBD and inner city: challenges and opportunities from decline (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Liverpool suburbs and rural-urban fringe: challenges and opportunities of growth (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source The impacts of regeneration and rebranding on people (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Sustainable urban living (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Consequences of interdependence of Liverpool and accessible rural areas (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Found a mistake? Write to support@flashfeed.app .
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