Cities in a sustainable future
H2 Geography - syllabus 9173, 2027
Explain urban growth, waste, housing and reimaging, then assess what makes cities liveable for different residents.
- Measuring urban sustainability
A good urban indicator measures one relevant part of economic vitality, environmental integrity or social well-being.
- Urban growth and population loss
Growing and shrinking cities face different pressures, and the outcome depends on how fast they change and how well they respond.
- Urban demand on the environment
Cities pull in food, water, energy and materials, and send waste and pollution beyond their boundaries.
- Urban solid-waste problems
Managing urban waste means dealing with how much is made, whether it is collected and what happens to it afterwards.
- Managing urban solid waste
A good waste system combines cutting waste, collecting it, recovering materials and safely treating what is left.
- Slums and housing deprivation
Slums form when people cannot get adequate housing and services, and different deprivations make each other worse.
- Improving housing in slum areas
Improving slum housing works when safer homes and services stay affordable and close to people's jobs.
- Urban reimaging
Urban reimaging tries to change how people see a place, usually to attract investment, visitors and new activity.
- Evaluating urban reimaging
Reimaging lasts longer when it improves the place itself, fits real demand and includes residents and existing businesses.
- Liveability and sustainability
Liveability is how good a place is to live in; sustainability also asks about effects on other people, places and future generations.
- Ageing and urban life
Ageing changes what cities need to provide, but older residents differ widely in income, ability and choices.
- Age-friendly cities
Age-friendly design works best when the whole journey is usable, and when costs, services and participation are also addressed.
- Gender and urban life
A liveable city gives women fair access to jobs, services, public space and decision-making.
- Creating liveable cities for women
Effective action combines listening to women, better services and real protection, not just one physical fix.
- Named examples: Cities in a sustainable future
A named place with a date or figure, linked to your point, turns a general answer into a developed one.
What you will be able to do
I can measure how sustainable a city is and judge which aspects and indicators to use.
Syllabus 9173, Topic 3.1, 1. Sustainable Urban Development. How can sustainable urban development be measured?
Taught in Measuring urban sustainability, Named examples: Cities in a sustainable future
I can explain the sustainability challenges of fast urban growth and of population loss.
Syllabus 9173, Topic 3.1, 1. Sustainable Urban Development. How do urban population trends influence progress towards sustainable development?
Taught in Urban growth and population loss
I can explain how cities draw on local and distant environments for resources and what that costs.
Syllabus 9173, Topic 3.1, 1. Sustainable Urban Development. How does the demand placed on natural environments by urban areas influence progress towards sustainable development?
Taught in Urban demand on the environment
I can evaluate the problems of urban solid waste and the strategies for managing it.
Syllabus 9173, Topic 3.1, 2. Sustainable Cities. Why is effective waste management important for progress towards sustainable urban development?
Taught in Urban solid-waste problems, Managing urban solid waste
I can explain why slums develop and evaluate the strategies that improve them.
Syllabus 9173, Topic 3.1, 2. Sustainable Cities. Why is effective slum management important for progress towards sustainable urban development?
Taught in Slums and housing deprivation, Improving housing in slum areas
I can explain the economic motives for reimaging a city and evaluate its strategies and effects.
Syllabus 9173, Topic 3.1, 2. Sustainable Cities. Why is effective urban reimaging important for progress towards sustainable urban development?
Taught in Urban reimaging, Evaluating urban reimaging
I can explain liveability and how it supports and conflicts with sustainability.
Syllabus 9173, Topic 3.1, 3. Liveable Cities. How are sustainable urban development and liveability related?
Taught in Liveability and sustainability
I can explain the problems older people face in cities and judge the strategies meant to help them.
Syllabus 9173, Topic 3.1, 3. Liveable Cities. How do we create liveable cities for the elderly?
Taught in Ageing and urban life, Age-friendly cities
I can explain gender equality in cities and evaluate strategies that make cities liveable for women.
Syllabus 9173, Topic 3.1, 3. Liveable Cities. How do we create liveable cities for women?
Taught in Gender and urban life, Creating liveable cities for women