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Lesson objectives: To examine the other symptoms of urban stress

Lesson objectives: To examine the other symptoms of urban stress. Developed / Developing Compare and contrast the environmental problems . P305 – problems of MEDC / LEDC cities . Impacts of the urban heat island .

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Lesson objectives: To examine the other symptoms of urban stress

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  1. Lesson objectives: To examine the other symptoms of urban stress Developed / Developing Compare and contrast the environmental problems

  2. P305 – problems of MEDC / LEDC cities

  3. Impacts of the urban heat island • UHI: an urban area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas due to human activities. 

  4. Impacts of UHI

  5. So what? • Write a paragraph to explain why UHIs are of concern: • Consider • 1) increasing rates of urbanisation • 2) increasing affluence • 3) global warming • 4) positive feedback

  6. Where am I? • I am an urban area • I have a population density of 130,000 per km2 • According to the Guinness World Records I am the busiest district in the world • I am located at 22.3225° N, 114.1706° E

  7. What other factors of urban stress?

  8. Urban stress in MongKok • What evidence can support our understanding of this?

  9. Factors of urban stress – MongKok

  10. Urban stress in MongKok

  11. Use the videos to create an annotated map of MongKok You need to include the following factors: • congestion, • overcrowding and noise, • depletion of green space, • waste overburden, • poor quality housing, • social deprivation, • crime and inequality.

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