IB Objectives:
•Urban growth projections for 2050, including regional/continental patterns and trends of rural–urban migration and changing urban population sizes and structures
•Resilient city design, including strategies to manage escalating climatic and geopolitical risks to urban areas - two detailed examples to illustrate possible strategies
•Eco city design, including strategies to manage the urban ecological footprint - two detailed examples to illustrate possible environmental strategies
•Smart city design and the use of new technology to run city services and systems, including purpose-built settlements and retrofitting technology to older settlements
•Urban growth projections for 2050, including regional/continental patterns and trends of rural–urban migration and changing urban population sizes and structures
•Resilient city design, including strategies to manage escalating climatic and geopolitical risks to urban areas - two detailed examples to illustrate possible strategies
•Eco city design, including strategies to manage the urban ecological footprint - two detailed examples to illustrate possible environmental strategies
•Smart city design and the use of new technology to run city services and systems, including purpose-built settlements and retrofitting technology to older settlements
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Resilient Cities
Definition: Urban resilience is defined as the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt and grow no matter what kind of stresses and acute shocks they experience. |
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| fragile-cities.pdf |
| resilientcityframeworkcards.pdf |
| cityresilienceframeowrk.pdf |
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Task:
In pairs, select one case study each – Houston or Mexico City.
•Outline details of some of the climatic and geopolitical stresses faced by that city
•Explain the strategies that are being utilized to try to make the city more resilient for two case studies – Houston and Mexico City.
Resources:
Use the PowerPoint above and the following resources:
Houston:
•Risk/Issue: Severe weather (tropical storms/flooding): Houston Must Build Resilience to Avoid Next Flood, Hurricane Disaster, Insurer's Report Finds
•Risk/Issue: Ageing infrastructureDissecting Houston's massive infrastructure
•Risk/Issue: Cyberattacks): All of Texas must prepare for cyberattacks
Houston to buy $30M in cyber insurance
Mexico City:
•Risk/Issue: Traffic congestion/poor air quality:Mexico City seeks solutions to improve air quality
•Risk/Issue: Earthquakes:Communities Stepping up in the Face of Disaster: Lessons from the Mexico City Earthquake
This is not a drill: how 1985 disaster taught Mexico to prepare for earthquakes
Risk/Issue: Informal housing/slums:
Mexico's Ciudad Neza rises from slum to success story
How a Slum Became a City
How the world's slums are shaping their futures
Scenes from Neza: Mexico’s Self-Made City
Community and Culture Flourish in Mexico’s Largest Slum
Houses Made from Plastic Waste Are Improving Quality of Life in Mexico
In pairs, select one case study each – Houston or Mexico City.
•Outline details of some of the climatic and geopolitical stresses faced by that city
•Explain the strategies that are being utilized to try to make the city more resilient for two case studies – Houston and Mexico City.
Resources:
Use the PowerPoint above and the following resources:
Houston:
•Risk/Issue: Severe weather (tropical storms/flooding): Houston Must Build Resilience to Avoid Next Flood, Hurricane Disaster, Insurer's Report Finds
•Risk/Issue: Ageing infrastructureDissecting Houston's massive infrastructure
•Risk/Issue: Cyberattacks): All of Texas must prepare for cyberattacks
Houston to buy $30M in cyber insurance
Mexico City:
•Risk/Issue: Traffic congestion/poor air quality:Mexico City seeks solutions to improve air quality
•Risk/Issue: Earthquakes:Communities Stepping up in the Face of Disaster: Lessons from the Mexico City Earthquake
This is not a drill: how 1985 disaster taught Mexico to prepare for earthquakes
Risk/Issue: Informal housing/slums:
Mexico's Ciudad Neza rises from slum to success story
How a Slum Became a City
How the world's slums are shaping their futures
Scenes from Neza: Mexico’s Self-Made City
Community and Culture Flourish in Mexico’s Largest Slum
Houses Made from Plastic Waste Are Improving Quality of Life in Mexico
Eco-cities
An eco-city is a city designed to have minimal environmental impact.
An eco-city is a city designed to have minimal environmental impact.
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| the-bedzed-story_bioregional_2017.pdf |
Task:
We need two case study examples to demonstrate eco-city design.
Case Study 1: Masdar City, UAE
Case Study 2: BedZED, London
1. Watch the documentary and take note of how Masdar aims to become the world’s most sustainable eco-city.
Think about:
•Building materials
•Recycling
•Energy
•Urban design/architecture
•Technology
•Water consumption
•Transportation systems
How successful is Masdar City?
Read the article to provide an evaluation of Masdar City:
https://www.popsci.com/masdar-city-ghost-town-or-green-lab
2. Take similar notes to the above for the BedZED case study. Use the video clip and the document below.
We need two case study examples to demonstrate eco-city design.
Case Study 1: Masdar City, UAE
Case Study 2: BedZED, London
1. Watch the documentary and take note of how Masdar aims to become the world’s most sustainable eco-city.
Think about:
•Building materials
•Recycling
•Energy
•Urban design/architecture
•Technology
•Water consumption
•Transportation systems
How successful is Masdar City?
Read the article to provide an evaluation of Masdar City:
https://www.popsci.com/masdar-city-ghost-town-or-green-lab
2. Take similar notes to the above for the BedZED case study. Use the video clip and the document below.
| the-bedzed-story_bioregional_2017.pdf |
SMART CITIES
A smart city is a city that incorporates information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance the quality and performance of urban services such as energy, transportation and utilities in order to reduce resource consumption, wastage and overall costs.
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exam question
‘Eco-cities and smart cities offergreat opportunities for high- income countries’ Discuss this statement (10)
| sustainable_cities-notes.docx |