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Table 2.1 shows information on the settlement hierarchy in the North Island of New Zealand, an MEDC. Table 2.1 settlement type number of settlements settlement size (average population) major urban area 5 420400 large urban area 11 55909 medium urban area 12 19825 small urban area 96 3857 rural village 224 450 Describe...
See it on the paper →Use Figure 2.1 to suggest two physical factors which have influenced the location of Wellington.
See it on the paper →How many settlements with a population of over 20 000 are there in the Extremadura region? (i)
See it on the paper →Using Fig. 2.1 only, describe the hierarchy of settlements in the Extremadura region. (ii)
See it on the paper →Use the following words to fill in the table to show likely differences in service provision in the settlements labelled X and Y in Fig. 2.1. convenience few amount of services order of services type of services high low many specialist settlement X settlement Y
See it on the paper →Explain why the sphere of influence of settlement Z is likely to be large.
See it on the paper →Using evidence from Figs. 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 only, identify the functions of each settlement. Choose your answers from the following list. commercial cultural industrial mining port tourism Fig. 2. Fig. 2.
See it on the paper →For a named settlement, state its main function and explain why it has this function. Name of settlement Main function Section B Answer one question from this section.
See it on the paper →What is meant by rural settlement?
See it on the paper →the settlement of Birmingham in 1700.
See it on the paper →each land-use zone. Choose your answers from the following: industrial residential CBD rural-urban fringe transportation
See it on the paper →one reason why each area shown in Figs. 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 has high-rise buildings.
See it on the paper →the urban land-use models shown in Figs. 3.4 and 3.5.
See it on the paper →What is meant by urbanisation?
See it on the paper →Put the following three countries in rank order according to their total population and the percentage of their population living in urban areas. China India Indonesia
See it on the paper →What is meant by urban area?
See it on the paper →Identify an urban area with a population of: – between 5 and 9.9 million on the west coast – between 2 and 4.9 million in the centre of the USA
See it on the paper →Use arrows to match the settlement function with the correct example of land use in the table below. One has been completed for you. function land use administrative centre hotels and restaurants industrial town livestock salesrooms and seed merchants market town council offices and law courts port factories and mines...
See it on the paper →Explain what is meant by a hierarchy of settlement within a country. Use evidence from Fig. 2.1 to illustrate your answer.
See it on the paper →Suggest reasons why Hammerfest also has an important retail function.
See it on the paper →Comprehensive responses • Most candidates correctly described two characteristics of the settlement hierarchy usually referring to changes as one moves up or down Table 2.1. For instance, the rural villages have a small population, but this increases further up the hierarchy. • Some candidates linked one numerical variable to another, pointing out the relationship between the two. Limited respons...
— Examiner report, February/March 2026, 0460/22 Q2(a) (Cambridge)
Comprehensive responses • Many candidates suggested two relevant physical factors. • Many physical factors were well linked to its function. Limited responses • Many candidates suggested physical factors which were incomplete, such as ‘there is a mountain’ which does not refer to the land being too steep to build on, or that the place is surrounded by mountains for shelter. • Some candidates sugg...
— Examiner report, February/March 2026, 0460/22 Q2(b)(ii) (Cambridge)
Most answers showed an understanding of the word ‘rural’, explaining that it is countryside, but often gave no definition of the word ‘settlement’ by reference to it being an area or place where people lived.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0460/12 Q2(a)(i) (Cambridge)
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