IB Urban Environments

Started gathering ideas for some writing I am going to be doing for Richard Allaway's Geography all the Way website.

It will explore and cover the URBAN ENVIRONMENTS topic.

Here's a starter video which explores a day in the life of an urban resident through infographics....



Happy to receive ideas for creative images / videos and other material relating to these topics:

Topics
I. Urban Populations

Definition of urbanization and variation in global growth rates and patterns
Inward and outward movements affecting urban areas

Contribution of natural change to patterns of population density within urban areas
Megacities

II. Urban Land-Use

Land-use models
Residential patterns in rich countries

Poverty and deprivation
Areas of economic activity

III. Urban stress

Microclimates
Environmental and social problems

IV. The Sustainable City

The city as a system
Sustainable city management strategies
Urban ecological footprint
Case-studies of specific sustainable strategies

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