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O-LevelGeographyPopulation and settlementOct/Nov 2012Paper 2 Q830 Marks

Students from a town in southern Malawi wanted to do an investigation of the Central Business District (CBD) of their town. The town had a commercial centre which was unlike the CBD of a city in an MEDC. There were no high-rise buildings and few large shops. Most shops sold low order goods which people bought frequently. The students decided on the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: The commercial centre of the town is near to the market. Hypothesis 2: Pedestrian flows are highest in the commercial centre but vehicle flows are lowest there.

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About This O-Level Geography Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Geography (2217) Oct/Nov 2012 examination, Paper 2 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Population and settlement and is worth 30 marks.

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