Option G: Urban environments
G.1 The variety of urban environments
G.1.1 Charactersitics of urban places .docxG.1.1 Charactersitics of urban places
G.1.2 Factors affecting the pattern of urban economic activities.docxG.1.2 Urban economic patterns
G.1.3 Factors affecting the pattern of residential areas.docxG.1.3 Urban residential patterns and land use models
G.1.4 Incidence of poverty, deprivation and informal activities
G.2 Changing urban systems
G.2.1 Centripetal urbanisation and gentrification.pdfG.2.1 Centripetal movements
2.2.1 Gentrification.pptxG.2.1 Gentrification PPT
G.2.2 Centrifugal suburbanisation and counter urbanisation.docxG.2.2 Centrifugal movements
Surburbanisation europe.pdfG.2.2 EU report on urban sprawl
G.2.3 Urban system growth.docxG.2.3 Urban system growth
G.2.3 Urban System Growth - Singapore.pptxG.2.3 Case study slides Singapore
G.2.3 Short film
G.2.4 Deindustrialization.pdfG.2.4 Deindustrialization
G.3 Urban environmental and social stresses
G.3.1 Urban microclimates and air pollution.docxG.3.1 Microclimates & urban heat island
G.3.2 Traffic congestion.docxG.3.2 Air pollution
G.3.3 Contested land use changes.docxG.3.3 Contested land use changes
G.3.4 Managing cycles of deprivation .docxG.3.4 Managing cycles of deprivation
G.4 Building sustainable urban systems for the future
G.4.1 Urban growth projections.docxG.4.1 Urban growth projections
G.4.2 Resilient city design.pdfG.4.2 Resilient city design
G.4.3 Eco city design.pdfG.4.3 Eco-city design
G.4.4 Smart city design.pdfG.4.4 Smart cities
You will find many articles and videos talking about how sustainable Singapore is. Remember the video we watched about sand mining in Cambodia and ask yourself how sustainable is Singapore really?
How many of the solutions that are presented in the IB geography course require high levels of investment and technology which actually comes at the cost of exploitation of other parts of our world?
6 mins on Tianjin
8 mins on several cities, including Singapore
3 mins What is a smart city?