Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a continuous map of topological spaces and let $\mathcal{F}$
be a sheaf (say of abelian groups to fix the idea) on $Y$. Define the following rule on open sets of $X$:
$$
V\mapsto f'\mathcal{F}(V):=\varinjlim_{U\supseteq f(V)}\mathcal{F}(U)
$$
One may check that $f'\mathcal{F}$ gives a presheaf on $X$. Under some strong assumptions one may show that $f'\mathcal{F}$ is a sheaf on $X$. Let me give two examples

1. If $Y$ is Hausdorff, locally compact and paracompact and $f$ is a closed embedding then $f'\mathcal{F}$ is actually a sheaf (this is not a trivial exercise, it took me a while to figure that out).

2. A variation of 1. is: if $Y$ is Hausdorff and locally compact, 
and $f$ is the embedding of a compact subset $Y\subseteq X$. 

I got interested in this question since it is directly related to the proper base change 
theorem in topology which says the following:

**Proper base change theorem**: Let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a proper map with 
$Y$ Hausdorff and locally compact and $X$ paracompact. Then for any sheaf
$\mathcal{F}$ on $Y$ and $y\in Y$ one has that
\begin{align}\label{eqn}
R^qf_*(\mathcal{F})_y\simeq H^q(X_y, f|_{X_y}^{-1}\mathcal{F})  \hspace{2cm} (\star)
\end{align}
where $X_y=f^{-1}(y)$ is the fiber above $y$.
  
So here are 3 questions:

**Q 1** Is there a common generalization of 1. and 2. in the topological setting ?

**Q 2** I would like to have a couple of (non-artificial ) examples where the presheaf $f'\mathcal{F}$ fails to be a sheaf in order to have a feeling for the possible geometrical (and/or topological) obstructions. (Note that this is closely related to examples of maps
where the isomorphism $(\star)$ above fail).

**Q 3** To what extend is it possible to generalize the proper base change theorem
in the topological setting? (so here I have in mind of relaxing the assumptions on $f$
and may be adding additional restrictions on $Y$)