Assignment Urbanization Week 4 day 7

Resources: Ch. 7 of Visualizing Environmental Science and the Dubai Web site
Review Ch. 7, which discusses the benefits and challenges of urbanization and how the U.N.
Conference gave awards for urban development projects that improved human settlements.
Read summaries of the 1996 Winners of the Dubai awards on their Web sites at:

o Institutionalizing Community-Based Development:

http://www.unesco.org/most/africa17.htm

o Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) Bank:

http://www.unesco.org/most/asia1.htm

o Shelter Upgrading in Agadir, Morocco:

http://www.unesco.org/most/africa3.htm

o City Management in Tilburg: Past, Present and Future:

http://www.unesco.org/most/westeu14.htm

o Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association:

http://www.unesco.org/most/usa1.htm

o Project of Lots and Services for low income population on the North Zone:
http://www.unesco.org/most/southam1.htm

Create a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation, that describes environmental benefits and challenges
of urbanization. In your own words, include descriptions of two 1996 award winners, discussing how they
overcame one of the challenges mentioned in your presentation.
Include detailed speaker notes.

Review the Axia College PowerPoint® Tutorial, (if you need assistance building your presentation).
o Enter your student Web site at https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/
o Log in with your username and password.
o Click the Library tab.
o Select Center for Writing Excellence.
o Choose Tutorials & Guides.
o Click Axia College PowerPoint® Tutorial under Software Tutorials and Guides
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
Post the PowerPoint® as an attachment.