Eduqas GCSE Geography A Theme 2 Rural-urban Links overview quiz quiz

A spectrum of settlement from the most rural to the most urban

A sharp, fixed boundary line dividing the town from the surrounding country

The whole road and rail network that links one city to another

A particular type of intensive farming carried out on the edge of the city

Urbanisation, the movement of people into large cities

Counterurbanisation

Suburbanisation, the spread of people into the suburbs

Re-urbanisation, the return of people to the inner city

Too many new shops and services being built in remote rural villages

Falling house prices in the countryside driving wealthy families away

Young people leaving for city jobs and services

A large increase in the number of farming jobs in the countryside

A high birth rate producing rapid natural increase across the country

Falling life expectancy across the whole of the UK population

High levels of emigration of people leaving the UK to live abroad

Net international migration

The ratio of dependents (children and pensioners) to the working-age population

The number of large cities found within each region of the country

The proportion of all of the land in an area that has been built on and is now urban

The ratio of the number of births to the number of deaths each year

Too much new housing being built in the inner-city areas at once

Deindustrialisation closing factories and docks

A large increase in the number of manufacturing jobs in the inner city

Counterurbanisation bringing wealthy families into the inner city

The Lake District National Park

The rural Somerset Levels wetlands

The London Docklands

The mountains of Snowdonia

Building many more car parks and wide motorways through the city

Removing all of the green space to make room for new buildings

Sending much more of the city's household waste to landfill sites

Energy-efficient housing and sustainable transport

Out-of-town sites offer cheap land, free parking and good road access

Town centres now have far cheaper land than out-of-town retail parks

There is no longer any real demand from shoppers for retail stores

Online shopping has completely disappeared, pushing shoppers out of town

By banning all of the shops from trading anywhere in the town centre

By becoming experience and service centres with cafes, leisure and events

By removing all of the public transport that serves the town centre

By sharply increasing the parking charges in the town centre and nothing else

Only people moving out of the city to live in the surrounding countryside

A steadily falling birth rate among the young city population

Rural-urban migration and natural increase

Counterurbanisation away from the fast-growing cities to rural areas

The government deliberately builds the informal settlements for new arrivals

There are far too many planned, affordable houses already built in the city

People living in the city actually prefer to leave it for the countryside

Rapid growth outpaces housing, so people self-build on land they do not own