Urban Ecosystems• Cities have developed into being

artificial environments which have become unhealthy places for people to live

• Suburbanisation and counter urbanisation processes developed this idea further

• The quality of life declined as pollution, crime, traffic congestion and social problems all contributed to areas where many people found uncomfortable to love in

• In recent years there has developed a need to regenerate cities and make them more sustainable – making them more eco-friendly

1. Using page 253 make notes under the headings opposite

TransportGroningen – Netherlands• What was the plan

• Opposition/Initial effects of plan

• Success/Failure?

Read pages 236 & 237 – Changing Environment books – you will need to work in room 8 – The books should be on the side by the office door

Urban Ecosystems – Transport Planning

Curitiba – Brazil – How does it work?- Make notes from the page and annotate the map above with the main points

Urban Forests & Green Belts

Urban Forests• Main Aims

• Examples

• Success/Failure?

Green Belts• What are they & Why are they

used?

• Positive aspects

• Negative Aspects

Use pages – 258 & 259 and make notes under the headings below

Urban Ecosystems – Green Belts

• Above are a number of examples of different types of green belt

• For each example above outline some of the advantages and disadvantages of the various schemes opposite