From City Centre to Countryside

In the picture

1. 1City centre: tall buildings packed closely, with offices, shops and flats
2. 2Suburbs: rings of houses with gardens, mostly homes
3. 3Peri-urban fringe: scattered houses spreading into fields and woods
4. 4Commuter routes: roads and railways carrying people into the centre each day

Examples

• A family moves to a new housing estate at the edge of town and the parents drive to work in the city
• A student catches the morning train from a village to a school in the city centre

Quiz: From City Centre to Countryside (Age 14)

1. 1

   How does building density change as you travel from a city centre out to the countryside?

   • It falls, from tightly packed buildings to homes scattered among fields
   • It stays about the same, because suburbs fill every gap
   • It rises, because the newest and tallest buildings are on the edge
2. 2

   Which description best fits the peri-urban fringe of a city?

   • Scattered houses spreading out into fields and woods
   • Rings of houses with gardens, made up mostly of homes
   • Tall buildings packed closely with offices, shops and flats
3. 3

   What does urban sprawl depend on to work?

   • People commuting by car and train into the centre
   • Offices and shops moving out to the farmland
   • People who live on the edge staying there all day

The answers, each with its explanation, are in the app. This quiz is free there while the lesson is in the free week.