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AS Unit F762: Managing Change in Human Environments
MANAGING URBAN CHANGE
Core Content and Case studies
Part 1: What are the characteristics of urban areas?
Urbanisation facts and figures
http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/3160_99185_backgrounder5.doc
Urban models
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/geography/urban-profiles/revise-it/urban-models
http://www.slideshare.net/humsast/as-geography-urban-morphology-and-model
LEDC cities and slum issues
http://www.brgs.org.uk/departments/schemes/year12/geography/Geography%20_UrbanIssues/Urbanisation%20in%20LEDCs%20revision%20notes.doc
Part 2: What are the social and economic issues associated with urban change?
Urban renewal and regeneration
http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/images/text/KS3_FactSheet_EastEnd%20regeneration_2.pdf
Case study – Glasgow Docklands and urban renewal
http://www.clydewaterfront.com/
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C1A287D2-E606-42A9-A4FE-161FD08D9534/0/urbanregenaug07.pdf
http://www.slideshare.net/humsast/urban-renewal-in-glasgow
Case study – London 2012 and the urban regeneration of Stratford
http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/fieldwork/resource/urban-regeneration-and-2012-resources/
Part 3: What are the environmental issues associated with urban change?
Case study – Langzhou, China (the world’s most polluted city)
http://www.sthelens.oxon.sch.uk/Geography/Downloads/Geopress%20Factsheets/Geo%20factsheets/238%20China%20Air%20poll.pdf
Urban waste problems
New York - http://concernedcitizens.homestead.com/fkfacts.html
Wiltshire/UK solutions - http://www.recycleforwiltshire.com/
Part 4: How can urban areas bemanaged to ensure sustainability?
Case Study – Curitiba, Brazil (a model city for sustainable development)
http://www.sonomatlc.org/PDF/Curitiba%20report.pdf
Case study – Bath, UK
http://www.sustainablebristol.com/elsewhere/
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Created by D. Drake and Y. Mirza 2011
Abbeyfield School Humanities
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