Senior Secondary (HKDSE) · Geography

Flows, accessibility: Practice Questions

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Question 1

1 mark

What term describes the ease with which a location can be reached from other locations within a transport network?

Question 2

1 mark

Which of the following best describes the concept of one-hour commuting in relation to transport development?

Question 3

1 mark

According to transport geography principles, what is the primary consequence of introducing a high-speed rail link between a peripheral region and a core economic hub?

Question 4

1 mark

In transport geography, the movement of people, goods, or information between different locations is known as:

Question 5

1 mark

How does the friction of distance typically affect the frequency of interactions between two urban centers?

Question 6

3 marks

In transport geography, what term is used to describe the ease with which a location can be reached from other locations within a network?

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Question 7

4 marks

According to the principle of distance decay, how does the volume of passenger flow and economic interaction between two urban centers generally change as the physical distance between them increases?

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Question 8

4 marks

When analyzing regional accessibility using a connectivity matrix, what does a higher row sum for a specific node indicate about its position in the transport network?

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Question 9

4 marks

Consider a simple transport network consisting of four towns (A, B, C, and D) connected by direct road links.

a) Define what is meant by a node in a transport network. (1 point)

b) Explain how an increase in the number of direct linkages connected to a node typically affects its accessibility within the regional network. (2 points)

c) State one major factor that influences the volume of flows (passenger and freight movement) between two connected towns. (1 point)

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