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Urban greening opportunities

Q01.10 4 marks
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Suggest how urban greening can create opportunities in UK cities. Use Figure 5 and your own understanding.

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  1. 1 Explains opportunities created by urban greening.
  2. 2 Applies Figure 5 evidence.
  3. 3 Adds wider own understanding of UK urban greening.

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Urban greening can create safer recreation and travel routes. In Figure 5 the disused Holbeck Viaduct could become a green route into Leeds, giving walkers and cyclists a safe way into the centre. Park areas and planting could improve quality of life, make a derelict area more attractive and increase biodiversity. Similar schemes can also encourage investment because the area becomes a more pleasant place to live and work.

Why this answer loses marks

Listing jobs, money and tourism without linking to urban greening.

The examiner report notes weaker Q01.10 answers often used generic human-geography opportunities without linking them to features of urban greening.

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