What do you

1. Think: write down in

think is the your notebook
BIGGEST 2. Pair: share with your
problem cities neighbour
3. Share: present to the
have to deal class
with? Why?
Homework review
• Draw a first sketch of your sustainable city design
• With your partner for the project (if relevant), sketch the zones within your new city.
(Use the same names for the areas as Hoyt and/or Burgess do in their models e.g.
central business district)
• What shape will your city have? Why?
• Add a key and colours
• Will you use a Burgess-style city? The Hoyt model? The Multiple Nuclei model? Why
or why not?
• Onto the back of your sketch, justify your decisions
• This task is not about the specifics, and more about whole-city level layout. What
types of land use should be where?
• In geography, a sketch is a rough diagram; no art skills required! Think of this as a
visual brainstorm
Sustainable
development
- at least 3 ingredients

Social sustainability
Environmental
sustainability
Economic
sustainability
Sustainability
• Do you feel welcome in the city? Why or why not?
• Do you feel comfortable in the city? Why or why not?
• Do you feel welcome in all parts of the city? Why or why not?
• What would a city look like where everyone felt welcome and
comfortable?
• Read page 65; think-pair-share
• Worksheet
• Your city design!
 Urban problems and solutions
Topics and students
• congestion (p.67-70):
• pollution (p.71 -72):
• urban sprawl p. 78:
• decline of the CBD (p.65, p.67):
• housing shortages (p.67-68):
• crime and conflict p.67:

In your groups, make a factsheet or infographic to educate your classmates about this issue
(Suggestion: piktochart.com, canva.com )
Sit in your groups. Answer the questions on the slides that follow for your urban issue, and
evaluate the solution offered.
• Evaluate = what are the good and bad points of the solution? Is it a good solution?
Today's lesson and a homework; next lesson we'll share the outcomes with the rest of the
class.
Traffic congestion p.67-70
• What is traffic congestion and why is it a problem?
• How does this make the city unsustainable?
• How would the city improve if there was no traffic
congestion?
Congestion- solution?
Curitiba - Fast Transit Bus System

Watch the video [turn on Closed Captions in English] and answer the
questions:
- To what degree does this solve the problem of congestion?
- Would this be a good solution to all cities according to you?

https://youtu.be/B9YJ4xDRIiA
Pollution p.71-72

What is urban pollution and why is

it a problem?
How does this make the city
unsustainable?
How would the city improve if
there was no pollution?
Pollution – the solution?
2 initiatives in Mexico city to mitigate pollution

Watch the video and answer the questions:

- How do these initiatives contribute to less pollution?
- Would this be a good solution according to you?

https://youtu.be/OH-qMlzho7Q
Urban sprawl p.78
• What is urban sprawl and why is it a problem?
• How does this make the city unsustainable?
• How would the city improve if there was no urban sprawl?

https://youtu.be/AqUSo2hstHI
Urban sprawl –solution?
Toronto –curbing urban sprawl
https://youtu.be/UyzcwlQEiNM

Answer the questions:

- The video proposes more compact, more densely populated cities. To
what degree is this a solution?
Decline of the CBD p.65,
p.67
• What is decline of the CBD and why is it a problem?
• How does this make the city unsustainable?
• How would the city improve if there was no decline of the
CBD?
Decline of the CBD – solution?
• Gentrification – the process of improvements of old and neglected
(poor) neighbourhoods near the CBD (central business district) into
more creative, high class neighbourhoods

• https://youtu.be/V0zAvlmzDFc

• Write down characteristics of gentrification

• In what ways could this be a solution?
Housing shortages p.67-68

What is housing shortage and why is it a problem?

How does this make the city unsustainable?

How would the city improve if there was no housing shortage?

Housing shortage – solution?
Singapore ‘fixed’ the housing crisis

• Https://youtu.be/2cjPgNBNeLU

Would you consider this social housing a good solution to housing

shortage in every city?

How does this make the city more sustainable?

 • What is urban crime and violence and
Urban crime and why is it a problem?
conflict p.67 • How does this make the city
unsustainable?
• How would the city improve if there
was no crime and violence?
Urban crime and violence – solution?
Risk terrain modelling (RTM)

Explained in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hKWLY1lZrs

What are the benefits of this approach?

How would using RTM make a city more sustainable?