1. Parliament 2. UKTI 1. Own financial headquarters like Royal Mail 2. 1/3 of UK GDP 1. Head of BBC 2. Cultural events like olympics and higher education 1. The shard 2. The tube (11 lines)

In the 1900's it employed over 20,000 people but declined during the blitz bombing and de-industrialisation - 30 cafes and restaurants - Industrial buildings into apartments - Tourism, nightlife, diversity, vibrancy - 700 jewellers, 40% of all UK jewellery

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Patterns of urbanisation

Us most urban at 82%

China, India, Nigeria will account for 37% of urbanisation by 2050

There will be 14 more megacities

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Dormitory village

Dickens heath - population 4,000 the house prices are £50k more than shirley and like a ghost town during the day

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LDDC decline

Declined in 1970’s due to shipping containers being too large to fit

30,000 jobs
20% homes
20% population decline
36% unskilled
<40% 16 year olds in school
1,0000 hectares derelict land

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LDDC resurgence

£380 million invested to improve economic, social and environmental

63,000 jobs - enterprise zone
20,000 new homes
£30 million spent on older generation
East London university
Jubilee line extension
600 hectares reclaimed

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Hulme deline

Declined in 1960’s due to the textile industry

60% on benefits
95% council owned
Horrible deck access flats
30x more likely to be murdered here than elsewhere in Manchester
High rates of unemployment, youth crime, homeless, single parents etc

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Hulme resurgence

£37.5 million invested

3,000 new homes
Zion arts centre
Moss side sports
ASDA
Parks and recreational space

£1.3 million on Hulme arch

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London world city

Parliament
UKTI
Own financial headquarters like Royal Mail
1/3 of UK GDP
Head of BBC
Cultural events like olympics and higher education
The shard
The tube (11 lines)

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Jewellery quarter

In the 1900’s it employed over 20,000 people but declined during the blitz bombing and de-industrialisation

30 cafes and restaurants
Industrial buildings into apartments
Tourism, nightlife, diversity, vibrancy
700 jewellers, 40% of all UK jewellery

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Exeter

70 retail and cafe units
Underground tunnels
Christmas and art markets
100 offices and apartments

170,000 overseas visitors a year

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Notting Hill

Home to race riots, now houses cost over £2 million

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Liverpool £1 house

2005, sold 20 houses for £1 , on condition you renovated and lived in it for 5 years

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Right to buy scheme

Sold council houses to people that had been living in them for 3 years minimum at discounts up to £110,000

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How many gated communities are in the UK

1000

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Edge city

LA - Surrounded by 20 cities with a population 4.5 times higher than the city core

Compton skid row is notoriously dangerous yet $19 billion has been put into downtown LA

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Urban social exclusion

2011 Tottenham riots , Mark Duggan unlawfully shot by police, spread across the UK

5 dead
4,000 arrests
£200 million in damages

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How many people at English Martyrs need English lessons

83%

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What is a solution to anti racism

The equal rights act of 1968

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London living wage

In 2005, they enforced a living wage to £9.75 which lifted 10,000 out of poverty

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Transport in HIC’s

The M25 is 117 miles long and used by 200,000 cars a day

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Transport in LIC’s

Rio sky high transport
- 6 hilltops
- 12,000 people per day
- free day pass

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How many people live in slums globally

900 million

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Caracas superblocks

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97 blocks, 15 storeys high, aimed to rehouse 180,000 people

Brasilia

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Became capital in 1960, population 4 million

Self help schemes

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After 5 years, 97% of families in Manila have improved their homes

How much does urban waste increase each year

How much can waste cost in LIC's

50%

Waste NGO's

Sunny money Pee poo plan

Smokey mountain

2 million tonnes of waste mountain - 7000 families -80% rely on scavenging and $2 a day

How much energy does it save to recycle aluminium

90%

Guiyu China

100 truckloads of E-waste per day with over 6000 workers

Tysley incinerator

350,000 tonnes a year 41,000 homes Tarmac

Semauku landfill

Filled in 1995, connects 2 islands via impermeable membrane

Beacon hill landfill

200,000m^3 of waste per year 90% full, could be full in 2 years -Heathland and grassland habitat

How much warmer is London than surrounding areas

10 degrees

By how much can cool surfaces and green roofs cool temperature

cool surfaces - reflect 80% green roofs - 4 degrees

Burj Khalifa

830m tall, prevailing wind direction, softened edges

London Smog

1952, a 4 day smog due to inversion layer and anti-cyclone 12,000 deaths 100,000 respiratory issues 1956 clean air act - 50% of UK houses are now in smoke free zones

Blackpool SUD's

Green roofs Water butts Permeable paving 270m water pond

LA river

Concreted in 1930 as 100,000 people were at risk of flooding 51 miles was concreted

Cheonggyecheon issues

Freeway over river (effected water balance and over 100,000 businesses)

Cheonggyecheon aims

Aimed to turn 5.8km of the river into an eco sensitive green corridor - 22 bridges - dismantled freeway -Split into 3 zones - with waterfall an borrowed water

Cheonggyecheon results

Land price increased 50% and major tourism increase Business has increased and there are less respiratory issues. Included BRT to make up for highway Reduced PM by 35%, while also protecting from urban heat island

Dhaka pollution

7,000 brick kilns - 40% of pollution 90% are 2 stroke rickshaws

Dhaka pollution solution

Destroy 50% of brick kilns 2 stroke into 4 stroke - envirofit Zoning of industry

London pollution

99% in unsafe zones 4,000 deaths a year 1952 smog

London pollution solution

2002 sustainability comision -congestion charge (£15) - Boris bikes - Transport - Green buildings

Varanasi pollution

Biologically dead -33 points of open sewage -8500 times above the safe level of faeces in water - 150 bodies burnt a day

Varanasi solution

Low impact development and education - the government have made it top priority but they are not targeting the source

London water pollution and solution

In 1950's the Thames was classed as biologically dead due to overflowing sewers 1. Legislation - £20 million was fined in 2017 2. Thames tideway tunnel is 25km long and cost £4.2 billion to bring water to a wastewater treatment plant

Detroit pollution and solution

1/3 of buildings are derelict In 2010, 7 hectares of land was converted in 40 community farms

London soil pollution and solution

In 2012, 2 million tonnes of soil needed to be contaminated and 80% was successfully done so

Why is it important to have sustainable cities

Cities use up 75% of all resources. London's eco footprint is twice the size of the UK

Amsterdam qualities

Financial centre - Just eat Independent business High wages, low unemployment only 2% work over 40 hours 250 miles of cycle lanes, 1 million fewer sick days 100 channels of wastewater cleaned Carbon neutral by 2025 50% of wages are taxed Citizens dialogue project

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