1. Section B – The Options
Sustainability – Meeting the needs of today, without compromising the needs of future generations.

2. Airport site development
Section B – The Options
The exam will require you to consider the advantages and disadvantages of different options. Complete the table below, using Resource 8 to help:
Sustainable
Unsustainable
New town development
Airport site development
Developing existing urban areas
Try to include:
Social
Economic
Environmental
In each box.

3. Section B – The Options
Explain why some people argue that new settlements are the most sustainable way of solving Britain’s housing crisis, whilst others believe that making existing settlements more sustainable is the better option (10)
This type of question is easy to get ‘lost’ in, both in the reading of the question and the answer.
You need to pick out what the examiner wants. So:
1. Explain why new settlements are the most sustainable solution (SEE)
Use examples of stakeholders with this viewpoint.
Explain why developing existing settlements are the most sustainable solution (SEE)

4. Section B – The Options
The proposed development at Leicester
Using Resource 7, explain why the developers of the proposed settlement near
Leicester would argue that it would be sustainable (10)
In this question:
You must refer to the resource – street scene, cycle way, town square
Address the issue of sustainability - social, economic and environmental
Don’t forget:
Point
Explain
Develop

5. Section B – The Options
Homework
Complete the table:
Remember, it is on the
Hinchingbrooke School
Geography webpage
(lesson4).