New
Key Geography for GCSE Links - Chapter 11 - Urban
planning & change
What
changes have taken place in London’s Docklands?
- pages 168 and 169
The
LDDC History pages
http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/
This website is dedicated to the history of the
London Docklands Development Corporation. The About
LDDC section provides an excellent summary of the
Corporation which will help you to complete the
activities on page 169 of the pupil’s book.
What changes have taken place at the rural-urban
fringe? - pages 172 and 173
Meadowhall – a case study of a regional
shopping centre using ICT - Activity Sheet
11.5
Click
on the link to the Multimap website, http://www.multimap.com/
once you have read the following instructions
1. Type in Meadowhall in the
Quick search box on the home page of the site.
2. Select maps of the area at
1:100 000 and 1:50 000.
3. Click on the aerial photograph
button at a scale of 1:25 000
4. Copy and paste these maps
and the aerial image into a desk top publishing
file.
5. Use the software tools to
annotate the maps and aerial photograph to show
the locational advantages of Meadowhall, use diagram
B on page 172 and the text on page 173 to help
you.
Go to the Meadowhall website http://www.meadowhall.co.uk/
This site has been developed to attract people to
the shopping centre. In a word processing file complete
the following tasks:
1. Click on the Getting there
tab. Plan a journey from your home town to Meadowhall
– how far is it, how long would the journey
take. Why is this facility useful for shoppers?
2. This section of the site also
includes a simplified map of locating the shopping
centre. Copy and paste this into your word processing
file. Next to the map explain what it shows about
the location of the shopping centre.
3. Go to the shops section, click
on shopping planner to create your own shopping
list and plan for a visit to the centre on a date
of your choice. Print out your plan.
4. Write a summary in your word
processing file explaining why you think Meadowhall
is a good place for a day out for the whole family.
Entrance and Car Park |
Motorway Link |
Entrance |
Interior 1 |
Car Park |
Interior 2 |
Click
on images to see larger versions
Imagine
that you are the marketing manager for Meadowhall
Shopping centre. You need to produce a PowerPoint
presentation to show the advantages of the shopping
centre for a retail company you are trying to persuade
to open a shop in the centre.
a) Use the following resources to illustrate your
presentation:
b)
Ideas for PowerPoint slides to include in your
presentation:
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A labelled aerial photograph to show the advantages
of the site of Meadowhall, you can use Diagram
B on page 172 to help you with this.
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An aerial photograph linked to the digital images
of the centre
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Reasons why Meadowhall is a good place for a
day out for the whole family
c) When you have completed your work, print out
your PowerPoint slides, with 3 slides on an A4
sheet.
You could also present your work to the rest of
the class, either using a data projector or by your
teacher making your work available on the school’s
computer network.
What are suburbanised villages? -
page 174
Thursday,
3 February, 2000, 12:41 GMT
Town v Country: Which is best?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/629456.stm
This BBC News article compares the lives of a town
dweller with a rural dweller, this makes for an
excellent way to compare life in the town and countryside
to identify why suburbanised villages are developing.
Why is traffic a problem in urban areas?
- pages 176 and 177
BBC
News stories
Thursday, 29 August, 2002, 10:35 GMT 11:35 UK
Traffic levels on the rise
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2223060.stm
Monday,
22 April, 2002, 14:39 GMT 15:39 UK
Britain's nightmare roads
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/4x4_reports/britain_in_a_jam/1938177.stm
This article provides further statistics about traffic
issues in the UK
How may urban traffic problems be reduced?
- pages 178 and 179
Sheffield
Supertram website
http://www.supertram.com/
Visit this site to find out the advantages of supertrams.
Bingley
relief road website
http://www.bingleyreliefroad.co.uk/
This website provides further details together with
the latest information about this road scheme, which
is outlined on page 179. The site includes a detailed
map of the scheme together with a collection of
photographs of developments on the project. Use
the resources on this site to complete activity
2 on page 179 of the pupil’s book.
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