New Key Geography for GCSE Links - Chapter 10 - Settlement & urban growth

What are the different functions of settlements? - pages 152 and 153 and Activity Sheet 10.3

Online activity

Click on the link to the multimap website http://www.multimap.com/, after you have read through the following instructions:

1. Use the search facility on the site to find 1: 50 000 maps for each of the settlements named in the table.
2. Look carefully at each map together with Diagram A on page 152 of the pupil’s book, identify the original and present-day functions of each settlement using the maps.
3. To write up your findings in a table you could copy and paste the table below into a word processing file, quoting the map evidence in the final column, it would be useful to include 6 figure grid references here.
4. In the final row of the table write in the name of your local town or city and repeat the activity for this settlement.

What were the CBD and inner city zones like? - pages 158 and 159
What were the suburbs and the rural-urban fringe zones like? - pages 160 and 161 and Activity sheet 10.7

ICT activity

Click on the link to the Multimap website http://www.multimap.com/ after you have read the following instructions:

a) Type in Carlisle in the search box on the Multimap home page.
b) Select 1: 50 000 scale
c) Locate the inner city area 399555, click on the area and zoom into it at 1:10 000.
d) Once this image has downloaded click on the aerial photo button.
e) Copy and paste the aerial photograph into a desk top publishing file, compare it with your annotated map and use the software tools to label features.
f) Repeat the process for the suburb at Knowefield at 402557.

What are the main urban problems in London? - pages 162 and 163

Activity 2 page 163
Write a report on the urban problems of London, and identify strategies to solve these problems.

You will find information to help you with this, on pages 162 and 163 of the pupil’s book, together with the following websites:

london.gov.uk is the official website for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly
http://www.london.gov.uk/approot/index.jsp
This site includes a section about the issues facing London, and the strategies that are being put in place to solve these problems.

News stories

BBC News
Friday, 21 June, 2002, 11:34 GMT 12:34 UK
Wealthy only welcome
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2042774.stm
This article outlines the housing problems that exist in London, in particular high house prices and the need for affordable homes.

Monday, 26 February, 2001, 02:06 GMT
London slides down world table
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1189850.stm
London was losing ground on other cities around the world in terms of the quality of life of the city’s inhabitants. The article outlines some of the problems facing the city.

Tuesday, 5 March, 2002, 15:23 GMT
London teachers 'can't afford to live'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1855323.stm

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