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Year 12 Geography · Urban places and urban processes

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. What is urban consolidation?
- ☐ (a) Expanding cities outwards
- ☐ (b) Increasing housing density within existing urban areas
- ☐ (c) Moving people to rural areas
- ☐ (d) Closing city centres
2. Which is a likely negative effect of gentrification?
- ☐ (a) Displacement of lower-income residents
- ☐ (b) Lower rents
- ☐ (c) Fewer cafés
- ☐ (d) Less investment
3. What causes the urban heat island effect?
- ☐ (a) More trees in cities
- ☐ (b) Cooler roads
- ☐ (c) Hard surfaces absorbing heat and less vegetation
- ☐ (d) Higher altitude
4. What drove rapid suburbanisation in Australian cities after World War II?
- ☐ (a) Decline in car ownership
- ☐ (b) Closure of suburbs
- ☐ (c) Lower population
- ☐ (d) Growing car ownership and demand for detached houses
5. Which is a response to the urban heat island effect?
- ☐ (a) Planting street trees
- ☐ (b) Paving parks
- ☐ (c) Removing green roofs
- ☐ (d) Using darker roofs
6. What does the abbreviation CBD stand for? Central business ____.
7. The outward movement of people from the city centre to the suburbs is called ____.
8. A suburb's population rose from 12,000 to 15,000. What was the percentage increase?

Answer sheet

1. Increasing housing density within existing urban areas — Consolidation increases density within existing areas.
2. Displacement of lower-income residents — Rising costs can push out existing residents.
3. Hard surfaces absorbing heat and less vegetation — Hard surfaces and fewer plants increase urban temperatures.
4. Growing car ownership and demand for detached houses — Cars and housing preferences drove suburban growth.
5. Planting street trees — Trees provide shade and cooling.
6. district — CBD stands for central business district.
7. suburbanisation — Suburbanisation spreads cities outwards.
8. 25 — (15,000 − 12,000) ÷ 12,000 × 100 = 25%.