GCSE Geography - Urban Futures (Istanbul Case Study)
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Where is Istanbul located?
North West Turkey (very close to Greece)
What divides Istanbul into two halves?
Bosporus Straight
What continent is the East half of Istanbul in?
Asia
What continent is the West half of Istanbul in?
Europe
Which sea is Istanbul on the coast of?
Sea of Marmara
What is the current population of Istanbul?
15 million
What is the population expected to be by 2025?
20 million
What was the population in 1950?
1 million
What two things caused the population growth in Istanbul?
Migration of Turks looking for jobs and migration of people from other countries trying to get to Europe (Syrian War)
What percentage of Istanbul's population was born somewhere else?
72%
What percentage of the population is Kurdish (Iran)?
20%
What four challenges does Istanbul face?
Congested roads, slum housing areas, hard to build more houses, gentrification
Istanbul is the world's _______ traffic-congested city
most
Name a slum settlement in Istanbul.
Esenler
What risk makes high-rise apartments high risk in Istanbul?
Earthquakes
Name an example of an inner-city area which has been improved recently?
Beyoglu
What is the negative impact of improved inner cities?
It has pushed up house prices
How many streets have been pedestrianised to cut pollution and danger?
295
What is the Bus Rapid Transit?
Bus lanes created so buses are not slowed down by other traffic
What is BikeLab?
5km of cycle paths created to encourage people not to use cars
What is the Integrated Transport System?
Train lines, bus routes and water ferries linked up
What is the aim of pedestrian zones, Bus Rapid Transit, BikeLab and the Integrated Transport System?
To improve Istanbul's traffic and congestion issues
how many hours do drivers spend in traffic in 2024 annually
105 hours
how many universities
49
how many shops are in the grand bazaar
over 4000 shops
what makes galata tower a popular tourist attraction
historical was built in 1348 to keep prisoners in war, but now, it offers a 360 view of the city
how many people migrated in 2017
over 400 000
tourism stats
last year, more than 2 million people visited istanbul
how many bridges are there linking
3
which immigrants were the city a contemporary home to
african
what are squatter settlements called
geckondu
what percentage of the population was born in the city
28
leeds has the - highest levels of inequality of any city in the uk
3rd