Urban issues part 2

The process by which an increasing percentage of a country's population comes to live in towns and cities is known as ...

• rural-urban migration

• counter-urbanisation

• urbanisation

The unplanned growth of urban areas into the surrounding countryside is known as ...

• urban regeneration

• urban sprawl

• urban greening

The degree to which an individual or an area is deprived of services, decent housing, adequate income and local employment is known as ...

• dereliction

• deprivation

• deindustrialisation

A plot of land, often in a rural or on the edge of an urban area that has not yet been subject to any building development.

• Brownfield site

• Greenfield site

A zone of transition between the built-up area and the countryside, where there is often competition for land use. It is a zone of mixed land uses, from out of town shopping centres and golf courses to farmland and motorway. This known as ...

• rural to urban fringe

• urban to rural fringe

• central business district

The population of Birmingham is ...

• 3.1 million

• 2.1 million

• 1.1 million

To qualify as a megacity the population must be at least ...

• 5 million

• 10 million

• 15 million

Birmingham is thought to be one of the top ____ cities in which to locate a business in Europe.

• 5

• 10

• 15

Arup, Atkins, Deutsche Bank, Fujitsu, Jaguar Landrover and Muller are examples of ...

• British companies located in Birmingham

• Transnational corporations located in Birmingham

• Small to medium size enterprises

Which city case study that we have studied has 'has around 200 law firms, many top accountancy firms, 50 major property services, banking specialists and one of Europe’s largest insurance markets'?

• Mumbai

• New Delhi

• London

• Birmingham