Specification Subject specific Learning Suggested learning activities Resources content skills outcomes (including ref to differentiation development and extension activities) Ecological An ability to collect Be able to define As a starter and for context, students See the which considers the impacts of footprint of and use digital and the terms could . urbanisation. major urban geo-located data, ecological an organisation concerned with – areas. and understand a footprint, Frost L, the city’ GeoActive 481, ‘Greening global urban issues has published a Dimensions of range of sustainability and 2012 number of reports entitled The State sustainability: approaches to use liveability. of the World’s Cities which focus on natural, and analyse such Rawlings Smith E, Dhabi goes ‘Abu Describe the sustainability issues. See also the physical, data. green?’ in Geography Review, 2012 features of a report of the . social and Collect, analyse sustainable city. Discuss the concepts of liveability and economic. Evans L, cities’ GeoFile 515, ‘Sustainable and interpret Recognise the sustainability. Emphasise the need to Nature and 2006 information, and opportunities and look beyond simply environmental features of demonstrate the challenges for issues. sustainable G, GeoFile 581, 2009 ‘Ecotowns’ ability to developing more cities. Concept Students to research different understand and sustainable cities. of liveability. is known for its green credentials. strategies adopted by cities to become apply suitable Contemporary View details of the proposal to make Describe and more sustainable. is lots going on analytical opportunities London the first evaluate different in London but other well-documented approaches for the and methods used to cities include Curitiba, Freiburg and different challenges in A good article on greening London by create more Singapore. information types. developing Fitch can be found in Geographical sustainable cities. Extension: Why does liveability mean more magazine, May 2016 entitled walk in the ‘A different things to different people? sustainable park.’ See also the by a consortium of Students research and evaluate cities. environmental organisations the Global liveability rankings. Strategies for The 2015 rankings can be at developing Research the construction of the London more garden bridge. For more information and Extension 2: Discuss the issue or sustainable useful video clips, go to urban resilience. What does it mean? cities. Why are cities increasingly The RHS are running a campaign to considering resilience? Go to . encourage people to green up urban Examples include Rotterdam’s 2016 areas. For more information, go to: Resilience strategy.
Specification content Subject specific skills development Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Resources Ecological footprint of major urban areas. Dimensions of sustainability: natural, physical, social and economic. Nature and features of sustainable cities. Concept of liveability. Contemporary opportunities and challenges in developing more sustainable cities. Strategies for developing more sustainable cities. An ability to collect and use digital and geo-located data, and understand a range of approaches to use and analyse such data. Collect, analyse and interpret information, and demonstrate the ability to understand and apply suitable analytical approaches for the different information types. Be able to define the terms ecological footprint, sustainability and liveability. Describe the features of a sustainable city. Recognise the opportunities and challenges for developing more sustainable cities. Describe and evaluate different methods used to create more sustainable cities. As a starter and for context, students could . – an organisation concerned with global urban issues has published a number of reports entitled The State of the World’s Cities which focus on sustainability issues. See also the report of the . Discuss the concepts of liveability and sustainability. Emphasise the need to look beyond simply environmental issues. Students to research different strategies adopted by cities to become more sustainable. is lots going on in London but other well-documented cities include Curitiba, Freiburg and Singapore. Extension: Why does liveability mean different things to different people? Students research and evaluate the Global liveability rankings. The 2015 rankings can be at Extension 2: Discuss the issue or urban resilience. What does it mean? Why are cities increasingly considering resilience? Go to . Examples include Rotterdam’s 2016 Resilience strategy. See the which considers the impacts of urbanisation. Frost L, ‘Greening the city’ GeoActive 481, 2012 Rawlings Smith E, ‘Abu Dhabi goes green?’ in Geography Review, 2012 Evans L, ‘Sustainable cities’ GeoFile 515, 2006 G, ‘Ecotowns’ GeoFile 581, 2009 is known for its green credentials. View details of the proposal to make London the first A good article on greening London by Fitch can be found in Geographical magazine, May 2016 entitled ‘A walk in the park.’ See also the by a consortium of environmental organisations Research the construction of the London garden bridge. For more information and useful video clips, go to The RHS are running a campaign to encourage people to green up urban areas. For more information, go to: