How can we make our cities more sustainable? 25th March 2015

U: the different strategies which can be developed to improve transport, waste management and the natural environment of our cities

K: definition of Sustainability

Why are cities unsustainable?

Consumption of enormous quantities of resources – energy, food, water and raw materials

Cities produce tonnes of waste. This is usually got rid of in the surrounding rivers, sea and air.

Cities have problems with: •The way they use their buildings and land – brownfield sites

•Waste disposal

•Traffic congestion

How can cities be more sustainable?

Historic Buildings?

Traffic?

Waste?

Brownfield sites? E.g. run down houses/factories

Energy?

Water?

2. Think of your own ideas and use P.200-201 and the hand-out to help you explain how we can make cities more sustainable.

1. What does sustainability mean?

Why is Curitiba a sustainable city? 15th April 2015

K: Learn a named example of how a city has achieved social, economic and environmental sustainability.

• Curitiba has the highest recycling rate in the World – 70%.

• Curitiba has bus system that is so good that car traffic decreased by 30% while the population trebled in a twenty year period.

• Curitiba’s average income per person has gone from less than the Brazilian average in the 1970’s to 66% greater than the Brazilian average

• Curitiba is a city where 99% of inhabitants want to live. In comparison, 70% of Sao Palo’s residents want to live in Curitiba.

• Curitiba has built large numbers of beautiful parks to control floods rather than concrete canals. So many that they use sheep to cut the grass as it’s cheaper than lawnmowers.

• Curitiba has the largest downtown pedestrianised shopping area in the World.

Why is Curitiba a sustainable city?

Curitiba is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. The city's population numbered approximately 1,760,500 people as of 2010, making it the eighth most populous city in the country, and the largest in Brazil's South Region. Wikipedia

How can urban living be made sustainable in HIC’s? 14th April 2015

K: Definition of integrated transport

U: how an energy scheme in Greater London is helping to promote energy conservation

Traffic calming schemes – how many can you name?One way systems

that manage traffic flow

Restricted parking that prevents streets from clogging up

Sustainable urban living – Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED)

Use the information on P.203 to answer Q4.

Location Transport

Sustainable

What geographical skills do I need to practise?

• 4 and 6 figure grid references

• How to read the scale and measure distance on a map

• How to interpret photographs on a map

• How to describe and interpret physical and human features – using map evidence:

• compass directions,• grid references, • map symbols • contour lines