urban enviroments 0.0 / 5 ? Geographyurban enviromentsIGCSEEdexcel Created by: 18McClureWCreated on: 06-01-23 13:01 37426518 Across 1. when there is too great a volume of traffic for roads to cope with, and traffic slows to a crawl (7, 10) 7. This is when people move to live on the edge of urban areas. This causes 'urban sprawl' where the city spreads outwards taking up a larger area. Generally, the density of buildings are high in the centre and become more spread out towards the edges. These (15) 8. the presence of chemicals, noise, dirt or other substances which have harmful or poisonous effects on an environment (9) Down 2. when people move from one area to another (9) 3. measures designed to protect public health, such as providing clean water and disposing of sewage and waste (10) 4. People move out of towns to rural settlements. These are generally 'dormitory' settlements as people only sleep there. They commute to work and make use of urban services such as shops/hospitals/schools. A good example is Marden or Sevenoaks. (9) 5. a squatter settlement in a Brazilian city (6) 6. how good a person’s life is, measured by such things of housing and environment, access to education, healthcare, how secure people feel and how happy they are with their lifestyle (7, 2, 4)
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