Urbanisation: past paper questions
Real questions on urbanisation
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- 0976/22 · May/June 2025 · Q6a(i)[1]
Using Fig. 6.1, identify one reason why the squatter settlement residents face the threat of being removed from their homes.
See it on the paper → - 0976/22 · May/June 2025 · Q6a(ii)[1]
Add one point to Fig. 6.1 that the student could have made about the squatter settlement environment.
See it on the paper → - 0976/22 · May/June 2025 · Q6b[2]
Suggest two reasons why squatter settlements grow.
See it on the paper → - 0976/12 · May/June 2021 · Q2a(i)[1]
Define the term urbanisation.
See it on the paper → - 0976/22 · May/June 2019 · Q6b(ii)[1]
What is the relationship between GDP per capita and urbanisation shown on Fig. 6.1? Tick one correct answer below. Tick (✓) positive correlation (as one increases the other increases) negative correlation (as one increases the other decreases)
See it on the paper → - 0976/22 · May/June 2019 · Q6c[3]
Table 6.1 gives information about urbanisation in different parts of the world between 1960 and 2015. Table 6.1 Area Percentage of the population living in towns and cities 1960 2015 North America 70 82 Europe 62 76 South America 49 80 Sub-Saharan Africa 15 38 Urbanisation is the increase in the proportion of the popul...
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What examiners said
Candidates who studied Figure 6.1 in detail identified ‘no legal rights to land’ as the correct answer. The question stem suggested that the residents faced the threat of being forcibly removed, and thus ‘land liable to flooding’ and ‘unstable ground’ were not credited.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0976/22 Q6(a)(i) (Cambridge)
Many candidates appeared to find the idea of what made up the squatter settlement environment challenging. However, there were many who suggested air, water or land pollution (litter) which were credited. A few candidates referred to the site itself suggesting sloping or steep land, although a lack of fertile soil was not credited. Others mentioned the poor state of the houses around them suggesti...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0976/22 Q6(a)(ii) (Cambridge)
Many candidates recognised that people had no choice but to move to squatter settlements since they were unemployed and housing in the city was too expensive. Others referred to the increasing birth rate or increase in population as well as migration (regardless of source) as causes of squatter settlement growth. A few suggested that their family was already living there so they moved to join them...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0976/22 Q6(b) (Cambridge)
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