Lesson 3.2.3.8
3.2.3.8 Sustainable urban development Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 2
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which term describes the land required to supply a city's resources and absorb its wastes?
- Urban sprawl
- Carbon footprint
- Ecological capacity
- Ecological footprint
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Which four dimensions describe urban sustainability in the AQA specification?
- Environmental, technological, human, civic
- Political, cultural, spatial, financial
- Ecological, structural, demographic, fiscal
- Natural, physical, social, economic
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What concept describes the overall quality of living conditions in an urban environment?
- Gentrification
- Threshold population
- Urbanisation
- Liveability
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Which transport policy is most characteristic of a sustainable city?
- Free urban parking
- Out-of-town retail
- Public transit priority
- Highway expansion
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If a city's ecological footprint exceeds its actual physical land area, what must it do?
- Reduce density
- Export energy
- Import resources
- Stop growth
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Which policy most directly reduces a city's total ecological footprint?
- Increased landfill sites
- Energy efficiency retrofitting
- Suburban road expansion
- Out-of-town retail parks
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What is a major social challenge when trying to develop more sustainable cities?
- Excessive forest cover
- Decreasing urban population
- Affordable housing provision
- Declining car ownership
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Which urban drainage strategy used in sustainable cities reduces surface runoff and flooding?
- River channelisation
- SuDS
- Paved surfaces
- Concrete culverts
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What proportion of global land area do cities occupy despite emitting most greenhouse gases?
- Over 75 per cent
- Under 3 per cent
- Over 50 per cent
- Around 25 per cent
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Which urban environmental enhancement directly improves a city's liveability score?
- Urban green space
- Heavy industry zones
- Urban sprawl
- Traffic congestion
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Which tool allows planners to comprehensively compare the sustainability of different cities?
- Gross domestic product
- Total land area
- Population count
- Sustainability indicators
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Which factor directly increases a city's ecological footprint per person over time?
- Public transport expansion
- Renewable energy adoption
- Improved recycling rates
- Increased resource consumption
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What potential drawback can high-density compact cities cause if poorly managed?
- Greater urban sprawl
- Increased land take
- Reduced liveability
- Higher transport emissions
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What is the primary purpose of establishing an urban green belt?
- Prevent urban sprawl
- Increase car usage
- Promote industrial expansion
- Encourage suburban development
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Which measure best reduces the environmental impact of urban energy consumption?
- Fossil fuel subsidies
- Increased consumption
- Urban sprawl
- Energy efficiency
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Which dimension of sustainability focuses on reducing inequality and supporting social cohesion?
- Physical sustainability
- Economic sustainability
- Environmental sustainability
- Social sustainability
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A city's population is 500,000 and its total annual energy use is 3,000 GWh. What is the average energy use per person, in kWh per year?
- 6,000 kWh per person
- 600 kWh per person
- 60,000 kWh per person
- 6 kWh per person
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Which initiative directly improves the liveability of a dense inner-city neighbourhood?
- Industrial expansion
- Green space creation
- Suburban sprawl
- Road widening schemes
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A city's emissions per person fall from 6 tonnes to 4.5 tonnes of CO2 over ten years. What is the percentage reduction?
- 25%
- 75%
- 33%
- 1.5%
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Which urban design feature best reduces car dependence by placing services near homes?
- Urban sprawl
- Mixed-use development
- Suburban zoning
- Out-of-town retail
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