Ok kids, slight hitch – the video file was too large to upload! So if you follow the link below you should find a page with some video links (it’s he sight of Millfield School). Scroll down the list to the Nairobi.wmv file, and watch the film.
Odaiba Island in Tokyo Bay is an example of reclaiming land. Land reclamation is a Japanese solution to their overcrowded cities, as we saw in the video. For your HW you need to take on the role of a Japanese city planner. Download the information sheet below and use this link, Odaiba, as resources to produce a poster encouraging people to move out of the mainland city onto a reclaimed island like Odaiba. Your poster needs to outline the advantages and attractions of living there, and the disadvantages and problems of living in the old city. This HW should be handed in: 4th Feb – 9a6, 5th Feb – 9a5, 6th Feb – 9b1.
Some places have a high population, they are crowded. Other places have a very low population, very few people live there. The reason for these variations can be to do with climate, relief, soil, transport, jobs, resources, and many other factors. Download the sheet below and study the 2 photo’s – can you suggest reasons why they have high or low populations?
I have attached a link to this post for the most recent version of the DME powerpoint we have been using in class. This version includes the maps and aerial photo’s of Robin Hood Airport. These allow you to see the locational context of the airport – and what it might affect if it is developed further. Make sure you use these to see which urban areas the airport might serve and which smaller villages are likely to be most affected.
Ok, what I want you kids in year 8 to do for your homework is this: choose an area of shops in Brighton and Hove and find out how it has changed – try to go as far back as possible. You could choose from Boundary rd, George st, Churchill Square or anywhere else. I suggest that you use the internet, RIC and local libraries for research, but you could also try interviewing older friends or relatives for their memories. Produce a short report that includes descriptions of how things have changed (and perhaps people’s opinions on whether the change has been for the better) and any pictures that you can get. You have 2 weeks to complete this, so it needs to be in on Weds 23rd Jan.
For those of you who are conscientious enough to be doing the DME preperation work over christmas, I have uploaded the powerpoint activities we were using in class. Obviously we have been through the majority of them, but there are several that we did not have time for. I strongly urge you to work through them before we return to school in January, because from that point we will need to focus on the actual decision. Merry Christmas!
One of the issues of rapid urbanisation in LEDC’s is that growth has been so fast it has outpaced the cities ability to provide essential services and homes for all the new inhabitants. This has resulted in the development of a variety of informal settlements within these cities. These places (often known as squtter settlements, shanty towns or slums) grow in any free space, often occupying undesirable land (steep slopes, marsh, railway sidings, etc). They vary in size and age, but share several key charcteristics. Watch the two video clips of Kibera, Nairobi, and favelas in Brazil, below. Make notes about the charcteristics of informal settlements using the following headings: HOUSING, SERVICES, QUALITY OF LIFE.
Following some disappointing research on this subject by year 11 I have added a document to this post that tells you all you need to know in a local context!
The subject of January’s OCR C Decision Making Exam is The Growth of Airports – Preparing for Takeoff? The main aspects of this issue are the expansion of airports, the growth of air travel, and the concept of sustainability. On the one hand governments claim to have placed the drive toward sustainable living at the top of their agenda, on the other we see them continuing to accommodate increases in air travel. This issue has recently hit the headlines again as the expansion plans for the UK’s largest airport, Heathrow, have been unveiled. The link to the following BBC article and the subsequent links from that article will provide excellent background for the upcoming DME.
Both year 10 and 11 are studying settlement at the moment, including the London Docklands Development Corporation Case Study. You have been asked, for homework, to do some extra study on the redevelopment of the docklands and decide how successful they have been. In order to help you do this I suggest you follow the following link to the Wycombe High School website. The whole geography section of the site is excellent, including the animated geography section which has many straighforward animations that help with understanding of physical concepts in particular. The geography section can be found by clicking the following link:
