CCEA GCSE Geography Changing Urban Areas (Human) Revision Notes

This resource is a set of revision notes on the CCEA GCSE topic of Changing Urban Areas . It includes subtopics such as urbanistation; urban land use; Burgess model; Hoyt model; CBD; inner city; suburbs; rural-urban fringe; urban sprawl; why different land use zones develop; function of settlements; issues facing MEDC inner city areas; housing issues; gentrification; traffic issues; cultural issues; sustainable settlements and shanty town. It includes diagrams, definitions facts and figures with place examples throughout. It also has two case studies: Evaluate an MEDC urban planning scheme that aims to regenrate and improve inner city zone, Titanic quarter, Belfast and describe and explain the location, rapid growth and characteristics of a shanty town, Mumbai, India. It is an excellent resource for both students and teachers. It can be used by students in their own private revision. I developed this resource when revising for my own GCSE exams, in which i received grade A star. It can also be used by teachers in the classroom as notes when they go through these topics together with their class.