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Section A: Urban issues and challenges

Study all themes in the AQA GCSE Geography 8035 urban issues and challenges section.

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Urban issues and challenges13 objectives

Describe the global pattern of urban change.
Describe urban trends in HICs, LICs and other world regions.
Explain factors affecting urbanisation rates including migration, push-pull theory and natural increase.
Describe the emergence of megacities.
Use a major city in an LIC or NEE case study to explain location, importance and causes of growth.
Use a major city in an LIC or NEE case study to explain social and economic opportunities created by urban growth.
Use a major city in an LIC or NEE case study to explain challenges created by urban growth, including slums, water, sanitation, energy, services, unemployment, crime, waste, pollution and congestion.
Explain how urban planning can improve quality of life for the urban poor.
Describe the distribution of population and major cities in the UK.
Use a UK city case study to explain location, importance, migration impacts, opportunities and challenges.
Use an urban regeneration project example to explain reasons for regeneration and the main features of the project.
Explain features of sustainable urban living including water conservation, energy conservation, recycling and green space.
Explain how urban transport strategies reduce traffic congestion.

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Understand Urban Change Patterns: Include the process, place, evidence, and impact when you describe the global pattern of urban change in Section A: Urban issues and challenges.
Understand Urban Trends: Focus on comparing urban trends in High-Income Countries (HICs) and Low-Income Countries (LICs) to identify key differences and similarities.

Understanding Urban Change: To fix this, students should study urban change in a variety of global contexts, identifying similarities and differences across different regions.
Misunderstanding Urban Trends: Focus on the specific characteristics of urban trends in HICs, such as higher levels of urbanization and better infrastructure, compared to LICs, which may experience rapid urban growth and challenges like slum development.

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