HISTOIRE,GEOGRAPHIE ET EMC
LYCEE COLBERT Mme MAINGUY
FACING URBAN CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES :
Case study of a megacity : LAGOS
MAKOKO THE SHANTY TOWN
It is a vast slum of wooden shacks built on stilts in the brackish, thickly-polluted lagoon in the heart of Lagos, Africa's biggest megapolis.
ECO ATLANTIC CITY :
What's like to live in a floating slum ?:
BBC Minute:
LESSON 2 : FACING URBAN CHALLENGE IN DEVELOPPED COUNTRIES :
Introduction:
Flash case study of an urban regeneration project:
Go to :
Task N° 1: Listen to the video and answer these questions :
1° What did the big challenge from many UK cities face?
2° What were the main activities in Portsmouth?
3° When did these activities begin to decline? How many manufacturing jobs have disappeared?
4° What shift focus took place during the 1990 ‘s?
5° Which activities could you meet in Gunwharf Quays?
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Before 1995 |
After 1995 |
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6° How Portsmouth is connected to the rest of the UK and Europe?
TASK n°2 : Key words for Changing Urban Environments - Match term to definition with a line.
Task n° 3 : How the London Docklands was regenerated ?
A) Go to:
Read the timeline and answer to these questions:
1° Where is Canary Wharf located ?
2° When did the West India Docks open? Which activities could you meet there ?
3° What happened during the WW2?
4° What happened in the 1970s in term of shipping and what happened to the docks?
B) Go to :
1° When did the Londondocks regeneration begin? What are the main objectives of the regeneration?
2° Try to complete the table with the most significant elements:
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SOCIAL IMPROVEMENTS (Housing, social services….) |
ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS (employment, services, transport) … |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS |
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C) How successful has the Docklands Regeneration Scheme been?
Read the various quotes , complete the table and justify you own decision. |
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Elderly people |
“Shopping in the Docklands area today is incredibly expensive. Money is spent on houses and offices, not on hospital and old people” |
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Young married couples |
“We will have to move as we cannot afford to buy a new flat. A cheap one Bedroom flat is over £200,000. |
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Social Former |
“The community atmosphere has gone. The YUPpies (= Young Urban Professionals) who buy the luxury flats do not mix with local people.” |
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Dock workers |
“The new jobs are not use to us. We have not the right skills. We will have to move to another area”. |
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The London Dockland Development Corporation |
“We have changed the face of London. We have created 20, 000 new homes and 10, 000 new jobs. The environment is becoming cleaner.” |
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Local Shopkeepers |
“All these newcomers mean more trade – especially as they are wealthy with money to spend” |
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Financial Company |
“We moved here because of cheap land. It only takes ten minutes to travel into central London. There is high quality housing too” |
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Commuters |
“The trains into London from nearby towns such as Slough and High Wycombe are not as busy because of the new housing in the Docklands area” With the Docklands Light Railway there are also fewer people using the tube in London” |
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SUCCESS ?? |
FAILURE ??? |
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Final task
WORDBOX :
Neighbourhood renewal
To improve/to increase/to stimulate
To tackle a problem
To provide
To regenerate/to renew
To involve people
To help people (to) do something
To enable /to allow somebody to do something
Deprived areas: zones défavorisées
Funding/spending ; financement /dépense
THE FEATURES NEEDED IN AN INNER CITY AREA:
Transport: streets, one-wa streets, railway station, coach/bus station, cycle lanes, pedestrian areas.
Business: offices, convention centre, high technology industries.
Public Buildings: town hall, hospital, schools, university, police station, information office, post-office, public library, court of justice, fire station.
Shopping: Shopping Mall, supermarket, pedestrianized shopping area, retail market, wholesale market, warehouse
Housing: Council estate, affordable housing, luxury housing, hotels…
Entertainment: concert hall, cinemas, museums, theatre, art galleries, sports stadium, swimming pool, parks, restaurants, pubs…
Religious buildings: Church, mosque, synagogue, temple.
Grille d'évaluation :
BBC Minute :