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Resilient Cities
Resilient Cities This page provides resources based on two detailed examples, Surat, India and Santiago, Chili and is based largely on the the resources found in their Resilience Strategies and the 100...
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Urban Growth Projections
Urban Growth Projections This lesson provides resources on the urban growth rates and projections for 2050. It begins with several map and graph-based activities based on the UNESCO Urban World Map and...
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Contested Land Use Changes
Contested Landuse Changes This page introduces two case studies, both involving slum clearance. Students first develop their own thinking on competing interest groups based on a gallery of urban images....
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The Impacts of Air Pollution in Delhi
The Impacts of Air Pollution in Delhi This page introduces a case study into the impacts of air pollution in Delhi. It begins with a starter video on smog and then students use live data to choropleth...
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Urban Microclimates and Management
Urban Microclimates and Management This page includes resources for two to three lessons and is probably over-resourced so it can be used as a pick and mix. The first lesson introduces students to urban...
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Deindustrialization
Deindustrialization This page introduces deindustrialization through several gallery and resource pack activities. Students first examine a series of mapped images to identify urban change in the Post-Fordist...
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Centrifugal Population Movements
Centrifugal Population Movements This page introduces the lesson on suburbanization with a couple of fun starters; one based on a1 950s animation and another on a cartoon of US suburban utopia. The lesson...
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Urbanization
Urbanization This page looks at urbanization and develops activities for two lessons on the factors influencing the growth of urban population including natural increase and centripetal population movements....
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The Patterns of Poverty in Urban Areas
The Patterns of Poverty in Urban Areas This page provides a starter activity on abandoned homes in Detroit to recap the causes of poverty in HICs. Students then use the resources on the page to investigate...
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Where People Live in Residential Areas
Where People Live in Urban Areas This page looks at the residential patterns in HICs, NICs and LICS. It focuses students first on the Brussels region, where students draw their own model based on the...