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Political challenge — Edexcel GCSE Geography B Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Geography · key term

Political challenge

Definition

A difficulty involving power, decision-making or competing interests over how a place should be managed.

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Edexcel GCSE Geography B · 1GB0

Paper 1

Political challenges concern power, decisions and competing interests. Economic challenges concern costs, resources and livelihoods. They frequently overlap: deciding how to redevelop a settlement is a political choice, but it also affects land values, construction costs and residents’ incomes.
Revise: Political and Economic Management of Megacities

Edexcel Geography B past papers

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