Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Urban issues and challenges - Coggle Diagram
Urban issues and challenges
The global pattern of urban change
Urban trends in different parts of the world including HICs and LICs
Factors affecting the rate of urbanisation
migration (push-pull theory)
natural increase
The emergence of megacities
Case study
of an NEE - Rio
opportunities
challenges
Identify the location and importance of the city
regionally
nationally
internationally
The causes of growth, natural increase and migration
How urban growth has created social opportunities
access to services (health and education)
access to resources (water supply and energy)
How urban growth has created economic opportunities - how urban industrial areas can be a stimulus for economic development
How urban growth has created the challenge of managing urban growth - slums and squatter settlements
How urban growth has created the challenge of providing clean water, sanitation systems and energy
How urban growth has created the challenge of providing access to services - health and education
How urban growth has created the challenge of reducing unemployment and crime
How urban growth has created the challenge of managing environmental issues
waste disposal
air and water pollution
traffic congestion
Example of how urban planning is improving the quality of life for the urban poor
Makoko floating school
Eko Atlantic
Case study
of a major city in the UK - London
Overview of the distribution of population and major cities in the UK
The location and importance of the city in the UK and the wider world
Impacts of national and international migration on the growth and character of the city
How urban change has created opportunities socially and economically (cultural mix, recreation and entertainment, employment, integrated transport systems)
How urban change has created opportunities environmentally (urban greening)
How urban change has created challenges socially and economically (urban deprivation, inequalities in housing, education, health and employment
How urban change has created challenges environmentally (dereliction, building on brownfield and greenfield sites, waste disposal)
How urban change has created challenges with the impact on urban sprawl on the rural-urban fringe and the growth of commuter settlements
Case study
- Stratford Olympic Park regeneration to show why the area needed regeneration and the main features of the project
An example of urban sustainability -Bedzed - understanding of water and energy conservation, waste recycling and creating green space
How urban transport strategies are used to reduce traffic congestion