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Mumbai Case Study
What is the location and importance of Mumbai?
Why is Mumbai growing?
What are Mumbai’s social and economic opportunities?
What challenges have been caused by urban growth in Mumbai?
How is urban planning improving the quality of life for the urban poor in Mumbai?
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ALEVEL Geography- Sustainable Urban Development + Mumbai case study- Contemporary Urban Environments
Subject: Geography
Age range: 16+
Resource type: Lesson (complete)
Last updated
26 May 2023
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A LEVEL Geography- Sustainable Urban Development + Mumbai case study- Contemporary Urban Environments. Detailed lesson- will take 2-3 lessons (including 45 minute video and 20 mark exam question).
LOs: To know how cities impact the environment on a global scale. To describe challenges to urban sustainability. To be able to assess to which extent cities can be made sustainable.
First tasks: establishing what is an ecological footprint and how individuals and cities can be more sustainable + the challenges that surround this. Engaging tasks with challenge tasks added for higher ability.
Second half of the lesson focuses on the case study for Mumbai: social and economic inequalities, vulnerability to natural hazards, current conditions making it unsustainable and strategies in place to make it more sustainable. Interactive discussion tasks, written tasks and videos embedded.
Final exam question: “For every problem caused by urbanisation there is an effective solution.”To what extent to you agree with this view? [20 marks]
- exam question structured out with hints for lower ability and a suggested structure which can be adapted.
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AQA A Level Geography- Contemporary Urban Environments
AQA A Level Geography- Contemporary Urban Environments Lessons include the following content: Urban form, world cities, Urban waste, Urban Climate, precipitation and drainage, megacities, Air quality and river restoration. Discussion and research tasks which engage students about current issues in our cities- UK and global. Key case studies include: Birmingham and Mumbai (social and environmental sustainability and regeneration) and the Cheonggyecheon River Restoration Project in Seoul. Emphasis on current global challenges and solutions to them. Exam questions embedded and structured in most lesson to ensure progress is made towards the exams. Any questions, please ask.
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This case study will explore how urbanization, suburbanization, counter urbanization and now reurbanisation processes have occurred in the Mumbai region and how those processes have been managed.
The megacity Mumbai is located in the state of Maharashtra in India. It has a rapidly growing population of 17 million, with an estimated 600 migrants arriving each day. By 2020 it is estimated that it could potentially have a population of around 26 million.
Mumbai Case Study - Internet Geography. What is the location and importance of Mumbai? What challenges have been caused by urban growth in Mumbai? How is urban planning improving the quality of life for the urban poor in Mumbai?
Mumbai, India (Contemporary urban environments) Case Study (AQA A-Level Geography) Location and place character. Click the card to flip it 👆. Megacity in the west on the Konkan Coast of India. Well known for it's iconic old-world architecture, known as commercial capital of India.
how much does the creation of 500,000 jobs in construction, retail, tourism and recreation in mumbai raise the GDP of india by? what are two environmental positives of rural-urban migration in mumbai? what are two social negatives of rural-urban migration in mumbai?
Location and geography Mumbai is located on the western coast of India, where the Ulhas river meets the Arabian Sea. The city was once an archipelago of seven islands. These were consolidated in 1845 into one large landmass by the Hornby Vellard large-scale land reclamation project. As shown in Figure 2, Mumbai consists of two
Characteristics. Megacity and world city - Global connectivity driven by trade. Dharavi - Largest shanty town in Asia - 1 million people in a square mile. Geography controls the population. The original city of Mumbai is on an island - The most dense part of it is on the southern tip.
Mumbai Case Study for Urban Environments topic A-Level Geography | Teaching Resources. Subject: Geography. Age range: 16+. Resource type: Assessment and revision. File previews. docx, 165.81 KB. 4 sides of A4 covering the following topics: Key facts about Mumbai. Mumbai as a world city. Mumbai’s econ and social wellbeing.
Contains 3 A3 pages worth of information covering Mumbai’s background, causes of urbanisation, industrial change, cultural diversity, economic and social wellbeing, Dharavi slum, environmental challenges and the physical environmental conditions.
A LEVEL Geography- Sustainable Urban Development + Mumbai case study- Contemporary Urban Environments. Detailed lesson- will take 2-3 lessons (including 45 minute video and 20 mark exam question). LOs: To know how cities impact the environment on a global scale.