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Project 1: You are a journalist working for National Geographic. Write a report on how megacities tackle sustainability.

Project 2: You are an American architect. Deliver a speech to help shape a sustainable future for Mumbai or another city.

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1. From Third World to first”:

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OBJECTIFS CULTURELS

• La ville de Nairobi et ses différents quartiers (le centre-ville, le bidonville de Kibera) et le phénomène de l’étalement urbain

• Les problématiques de développement urbain en Afrique (l’approvisionnement en eau potable et l’évacuation des eaux usées, l’agriculture urbaine)

• Des initiatives positives pour le développement de Nairobi (Kennedy Odede contre les cartels de l’eau,
la ferme urbaine de Kiroko)

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Look for info about:

- the population
- density
- GDP(billions)
- cost of living:
- public transport
- green space

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what is a urban sprawl?
define it in your own words

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Les évolutions de la ville dans le monde anglophone contemporain en replaçant les questions posées aujourd’hui dans une continuité historique : du rêve de Léonard de Vinci d’une cité parfaite aux tentatives récentes de créer des espaces gouvernés par une technologie diversement appréciée.

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Regard sur la ville et les multiples façons dont elle est vécue, pensée et réimaginée ou remodelée dans le monde anglophone contemporain, par des populations qui souvent souhaitent innover, mais ne renient pas les héritages divers.

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Analyse the charts, answer the questions

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watch the video, comment on it

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1.   What the yellow, black and white texts represent?

2.   Sum up what is advocated

3.  To what extend London could be the most rank the most sustainable city?

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Objectifs culturels

• Compact city or urban sprawl?
• Two cities at a glance
• Megacities in the world
• Megacities vs Global cities

redesigning urban development( Singapore)

Objectifs linguistiques

Lexique : Megacities Characteristics Challenges/issues Action

Impact Sustainability Countries

Grammaire :

Thématique 2 :

Environnements en mutation

Axe d’étude 1 :

Frontière et espace
Axe d'étude 3: repenser la ville

Problématique suggérée :

Mumbay, London, NYC... Is the multiplication of megacities a threat to sustainability?

Projets finaux proposés

Project 1: You are a journalist working for National Geographic. Write a report on how megacities tackle sustainability.

Project 2: You are an American architect. Deliver a speech to help shape a sustainable future for Mumbai.

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Sustainability
environmental constraint
water treatment plant
green/ environmental standards carbon footprint
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions smog
zero energy
sustainable ≠ unsustainable
emit carbon dioxide
Actions

decision maker

city council

urban planning

developer projects

urbanist = urban planner

civil engineer

engineering services

cohesion

restrictive zoning laws

mixed-use neighbourhoods

proactive≠ inactive

efficient ≠inefficient

regulate

implement

restore

meet the demand

be instrumental in +V-ing =

contribute to V-ing

effect (change)

Impact

rank

wield influence have clout

be prone to

result in

ensure

Characteristics

large-scale urbanisation

urban settlement

suburbanisation

in the suburbs

residential area

amenities /əˈmiː.nə.ti/ = facilities

infrastructure

densification: compact city

high-density housing ≠ low-density housing

high-rise buildings

CBD: central business district

pedestrian precinct

fringe

urban growth boundary

brownfield: piece of land that was used for industry but

can now be used for potential building development

greenbelt

expand

merge

integrate

accommodate

buzz with

Challenges/ Issues

impediment = obstacle slum
informal sector
overcrowded

overpopulation
sprawling suburbs
high population growth rates inadequate
poverty, precariousness
lack of sanitation
congestion, transport gridlock sewage
water/ power supply
waste collection system
poor access to
a strain on
regulation
unplanned
unregulated
flock to cities
rise to the challenge
worsen
threaten
commute
arise

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Find info about the way India deals with its megacities

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1. 1 FOUNDING of a modern Singapore, who? when ? how and why?

2. population number, origin and religion

3. atmosphere described ( words, image, music..)

4. characteristics of the European section in Singapore

5. names of the main buildings

6. main features of buildings made by the colonists

7. social life?

8. what vision of 1938Singapore is given

9. what can you conclude as to the status and purpose of this video

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1. what gives Nairobi a "modern personality"?

2. pick out expressions used to describe the development of the city

3. explain why the Pinnacle is the perfect example of a flourishing economy

4. what are the possible impacts of such changes

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Nairobi Expansion : Investment in a vertical city is on the rise

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Les documents

- Le premier texte est un extrait d’une publication du Government Office for Science de 2014 dont le titre est What are future cities? Origins, meanings and uses (WP20) qui explore la façon dont dif- férentes organisations ont interprété les « villes durables ».

- Le deuxième texte, extrait de State of the Planet qui est le site d’information de la Columbia Climate School, a été rédigé par Ste- ven Cohen, un universitaire américain qui enseigne la pratique des affaires publiques à l’Université de Columbia et est directeur du programme de recherche sur la politique et la gestion de la dura- bilité à l’Institut de la Terre de cette même université.

Ces deux documents sont complémentaires dans la mesure où le deuxième illustre de manière concrète une des stratégies qui peut être appliquée pour assurer la capacité d’une ville à accueillir plus de 10 millions d’habitants et que son développement soit viable et pérenne.

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1. list the causes of urban sprawl

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What is SDG?
Analyse the document, what does it reveal?

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1. Compare Singapore today with its early 20th century version

2. Comment on the evolution

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read and answer the questions

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Les documents

Ces deux documents sont complémentaires. Le premier fait partie d’un article du site du journal britannique The Guardian. Il développe un exemple précis de densification de l’espace urbain alors que le deuxième texte, extrait d’une publication de trois chercheurs, présente les enjeux de l’urbanisation de masse aussi bien au niveau économique, social, spatial, environnemental qu’au niveau de l’alimentation.

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1. watch the video. find figures to explain what is now at stake for engineering services
2. list the different missions civil engineers will have to accomplish. What would help them?
3 explain how civil engineering will help address tomorrow's major global challenges

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why were Torontorians initiallyseduced by the project?
"regrets". list what was lost

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1. Focus one the chart, the quote and the title, explain what the pie chart represent.
2. Concentrate  on the bar charts. Comment on the evolution of NY, London, Delhi
3. Find elements in the chart justifying Michael's Bloomberg's vision of cities

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Contrast the left and right side of the drawing, explain what is to be lost or won

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WHAT COULD BE AN OBSTACLE to the power of mega cities in the Global South

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1. how do people usually regard public housing? can this cliché apply here?

2. pick out info ( figures and so on..) about Singapore's specificity

3. how Singapore evolved from a city of slums to a clean and pleasant place for all? what part did the HDB play?

4. pick out the positive and negative aspect of the Singaporean housing policy.

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cities on different scales, managing them

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cities on different scales, managing them

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1. Pick out three figures and explain what is new on Planet Earth
2. Find adjectives and sentences characterising megacities .Classify them into 2 groups positive and negative aspects

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BBC   Andrew Marrs Megacities 1of3 Living in the City

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1. what is Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority in charge of?

2. Focus on the Marina Bay project, what difficulties were the designers confronted with? how did they solve the problems?what did that prove?

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City of the Future: Singapore – Full Episode | National Geographic

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1. Read from the beginning ton line 8, pick out adjectives that define megacities in the future
from line 9 to 21, show to what extent this phenomenon will have an impact on people and the planet

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1. what a typical Hawker center looks like

2. explain what the lady means when she says that the hawker center "is " Singapore