Urban issues and challenges RAG

Content Key words / skills Before After

1. Urbanisation HICs, LICs, patterns
Migrations, push & pull factors, natural increase
2. Megacities Megacities, factors for growth
PPQ 1
Case study of a major city in an LIC or NEE to illustrate
3. causes of growth natural increase, migration
4. how urban growth social, services, health, education, resources, water supply,
has created energy, economic, urban industrial areas, economic
opportunities development
5. how urban growth managing urban growth, slums, squatter settlements, clean
has created water, sanitation systems, energy, access to services, health
challenges and education, reducing unemployment, crime,
environmental issues, waste disposal, air & water pollution,
traffic congestion.
6. Urban planning Self help, site & service, urban poor, quality of life
PPQ 2
7. UK Population Distribution, density, sparse, dense, major settlements
distribution
Case study of a major city in the UK to illustrate
8. Importance, growth location, importance, nationally, globally, impacts of
and character migration, national migration, international migration, city
growth, city character
9. how urban Social & economic, cultural mix, recreation &
entertainment, employment, integrated transport systems,
change has
environmental, urban greening
created
opportunities
10. how urban change Social & economic, urban deprivation, inequalities housing,
has created education, health & employment, Environmental,
challenges dereliction, building on brownfield & greenfield sites, waste
disposal, urban sprawl, the ruralurban fringe, & the growth
of commuter settlements
11. urban regeneration Regeneration, project features
PPQ 3
12. Urban sustainability sustainable urban living, management of resources and
Water, waste, energy, green spaces, conservation
13. Sustainable urban transport, strategies, traffic congestion.
transport
PPQ 4/Test Total
Mark Grade Student Set How / where met? Before After
Target
PPQ 1 R: R:

PPQ 2 A: A:

PPQ 3 G: G:

PPQ 4 / Test

End of unit
test
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