Merchiston Geography: Urbanisation

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Thursday, 1 May 2014

BedZed - eco-development

Watch these two video clips about BedZed, an eco-village in south London.

Wikipedia entry for further research

A further series of clips:

1 1of 6: BedZED - The need for sustainable communities
2 2 of 6: BedZED Sustainability During Construction
3 3 of 6: BedZED Energy efficiency and low carbon power
4 4of 6: BedZED - Sustainable water management and biodiversity
5 5 of 6: BedZED - sustainable lifestyles; food, transport and waste
6 6 of 6: BedZED - lessons learned and the future

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Ethnicity mix in MEDC cities

2011 census results - ethnic mix
Integration challenges

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Traffic in Edinburgh

Use the following links to complete the sheet on traffic issues in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Park and Ride Schemes

Cycling in Edinburgh

Go to p13 of the Edinburgh 2030 Transport Vision for an overview

Article - Scotsman

Housing issues in MEDC cities

Video clips

Radstad, Holland (greenfield / brownfield)
Cambridge

Megacities

Documentaries for megacities topics.

Andrew Marr - Living in the City
Andrew Marr - Cities on the Edge
Andrew Marr - Sustaining the City

Megacities - London (National Geographic)

Friday, 14 March 2014

Megacities

See link to tweet below. Use the Guardian interactive to make some notes on the rise of megacities.

The rise of megacities – interactive http://t.co/GMwST606H4 via @guardian #ASUnit1 - make some notes
— Merchiston Geography (@MerchiGeog) March 13, 2014