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3 marksResource Consumption, Urbanisation, and Sustainability

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2013 · Paper 2 · Question 3(c)(ii)

Table 2 shows the percentage of the population living in urban areas across three countries from 1960 to 2000.

Given that Country B had a total population of 7.5 million in 1980, calculate the number of people who lived in rural areas in 1980.

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  1. 3(a)Distinguish between the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Gender Development Index (GDI).[4 marks]
  2. 3(b)(i)Explain how climate can affect human population density.[3 marks]
  3. 3(b)(ii)Explain how the economy can affect human population density.[3 marks]
  4. 3(c)(i)Describe the trend of urbanisation for each country based on the data in Table 2.[3 marks]
  5. 3(d)(i)Identify TWO environmental impacts depicted in the provided photographs.[2 marks]
  6. 3(d)(ii)Explain ONE measure to mitigate ONE of the environmental impacts identified in part (d)(i).[2 marks]

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