21st January 2013 SDME Preparation – period 2

Resources 4 & 5 – Features of a sustainable settlement & are existing settlements sustainable?

Learning aimsAll to know the key ways in which settlements can be sustainableMost to describe & explain how sustainable Carterton is Some to suggest ways in which sustainability could be improved

Starter – recap on resource 3 – the Housing crisis

Complete the mind map individually to detail why we have a housing crisis in the Uk. Use figures if you can to enhance your points. 6 – 7 minutes.

The UK Housing crisis

Task one

NIMBY – Add 2 or 3 reasons why this person might object to a settlement being built in the area pictured.4 minutes.

Task two

Task three – annotate resource 4 with a definition of what

“sustainable” means to you.

Features of a sustainable settlementStudy resource 4 and then match up numbers to letters. 6 – 7 minutes.

Task four

Benefits of sustainabilityAnnotate resource 4 of your booklet with extended information to explain

the benefits of each aspect of sustainability. 7 - 8 minutes. An example:

Task five

An audit of Carterton’s sustainability

Complete the audit of Carterton’s sustainability and arrive at a total score. 5-6 minutes. Your thoughts:

Extension – Add extra information to resource 5 to explain ways in which sustainability could be improved in Carterton.

Task six

Practice question for resources 4 and 5

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Task seven

21st January 2013 SDME Preparation – period 3

Resource 6 – Views around the proposed site

Learning aimsAll to be familiar with the main issue stakeholdersMost to also be able to identify key physical and human features in the issue areaSome to begin to identify areas of differential impact and relate this to habitats/environments

Who are the stakeholders?

Task eight

What about the proposed area?

• Please answer the following questions:1. Which areas from resource 6 might be areas of

conflict for stakeholders? Why?2. Which area would suffer the least impacts if

expansion happened there? Why?3. What type of habitats could be affected? Give

grid references for examples.

Task nine

Geographical features of the area

• Label Resource 6 with the key human and physical features you can identify from the map or photos.

Task ten

Homework

Demonstrate your learning• Runaround! Choose a side of the room.

• Left side (your left) if you think we should build on a greenfield site outside Leicester.

• Right side if you think we should develop the settlement on the Leicester Airport site

• Why have you chosen your side?