Urban Geography Revision Questions
1. What is the growth in the number and size of urban areas known
as?_______________________________
2. What is meant by the term Primate
city?_______________________________________________________
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3. List in chronological order the different stages of the growth of
Dublin?_____________________________________________________
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4. Where did the Vikings get the name for Dublin
from?______________________________________________________
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5. What key building did the Normans build in
Dublin?_____________________________________________________
6. Name 4 features of a Georgian town
house.______________________________________________________
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7. List the 5 functional zones in a
city.________________________________________________________
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8. What does the term CBD
mean?______________________________________________________
9. What are examples of the functional zones in
Dublin?_____________________________________________________
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10.How are the land values & intensity of use affected by the proximity to
the
CBD?_______________________________________________________
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11.How do inner city houses differ from those of the
suburbs?____________________________________________________
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12.What times are the two daily rush
hours?_____________________________________________________
13.List three solutions to urban traffic
congestion.__________________________________________________
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14.What is meant by urban
decline?____________________________________________________
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15.What is meant by urban
sprawl?_____________________________________________________
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16.Give two problems associated with urban
sprawl._____________________________________________________
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17.Name some of the inadequate services associated with urban
areas.______________________________________________________
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18.What is meant by urban
redevelopment?______________________________________________
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19.What is meant by urban
renewal?____________________________________________________
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20.Give an example of a new town built to reduce urban
sprawl._____________________________________________________