3. Urban environmental and social
stresses
Syllabus Link: The varying power of different stakeholders in
relation to the experience of, and management of, urban
stresses
|
|
|
Urban Microclimates & Air Pollution
Microclimates
|
|
|
|
Reading: Halfway to boiling at 50 degrees
Article: Climate change could make cities 8 degrees warmer
Reading: Urban microclimate basics
Article: Urban heat islands - National Geographic
Website: Heat island cooling strategies
Urban Pollution
|
|
|
|
Article: Pollution kills 9 million people per year
Article: Air pollution causes huge loss of intelligence
Interactive Map: World pollution map in real time
Photos: Popsicles of pollution
Article: Air pollution causes huge loss of intelligence
Interactive Map: World pollution map in real time
Photos: Popsicles of pollution
Beijing Air Pollution Case Study
|
|
|
|
Worksheet: Air pollution in Beijing case study
Reading: Beijing air pollution case study
Article: Health impacts of Beijing smog
Reading: How Beijing addressed it's air pollution
Article: China is winning it's war on air pollution
Reading: Beijing air pollution case study
Article: Health impacts of Beijing smog
Reading: How Beijing addressed it's air pollution
Article: China is winning it's war on air pollution
|
|
|
Traffic Congestion
|
|
|
|
Bangkok Case Study
Stats: Bangkok traffic Tomtom statistics
Graphics: Who is to blame for Bangkok's traffic?
Article: Bangkok cop blames traffic on too many buses
Graphics: Traffic compared to public transport
Article: Bangkok traffic about to get much worse
Graphics: Who is to blame for Bangkok's traffic?
Article: Bangkok cop blames traffic on too many buses
Graphics: Traffic compared to public transport
Article: Bangkok traffic about to get much worse
|
|
|
Contested Land Use Changes
Slum Clearance - Case study of Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
|
|
|
Activities: Kibera slum clearance case study
Website: Welcome to Kibera
Reading: The rich man's road - Nairobi slum homes demolished for road
Reading: Kibera demolitions leave thousands homeless
Reading: Kenyan urban development neglects the poor
Website: Welcome to Kibera
Reading: The rich man's road - Nairobi slum homes demolished for road
Reading: Kibera demolitions leave thousands homeless
Reading: Kenyan urban development neglects the poor
Urban Redevelopment - Case study of Chinatown, Bangkok
|
|
|
Depletion of Green Space: A case study of Bang Krachao, Bangkok, Thailand
Activity: Bangkrachao contested land use activities
Article: Save Bangkrachao
Article: Saving Bangkok's green lung
Article: Property boom threatens Bangkok's Lung
|
|
|
Managing the Impacts of Urban Social Deprivation
|
|
|
|
