1. 21st January 2013 SDME
Preparation – period 2
Resources 4 & 5 – Features of a sustainable settlement & are
existing settlements sustainable?
Learning aims
All to know the key ways in which settlements can be sustainable
Most to describe & explain how sustainable Carterton is
Some to suggest ways in which sustainability could be improved
2. Starter – recap on resource 3 – the
Housing crisis
Complete the mind map individually to detail why we have a
housing crisis in the Uk. Use figures if you can to enhance your
points. 6 – 7 minutes.
The UK Housing crisis
Task one
3. NIMBY – Add 2 or 3 reasons why this person might object
to a settlement being built in the area pictured.
4 minutes. Task three – annotate resource 4
with a definition of what
“sustainable” means to you.
Task two
4. Features of a sustainable settlement
Study resource 4 and then match up numbers to letters. 6 – 7 minutes.
Task four
5. Benefits of sustainability
Annotate resource 4 of your booklet with extended information to
explain the benefits of each aspect of sustainability. 7 - 8 minutes. An
example:
Task five
6. An audit of Carterton’s sustainability
Complete the audit of Carterton’s sustainability and
arrive at a total score. 5-6 minutes. Your thoughts:
Extension – Add extra information to resource 5 to
explain ways in which sustainability could be improved
in Carterton.
Task six
8. 21st January 2013 SDME
Preparation – period 3
Resource 6 – Views around the proposed site
Learning aims
All to be familiar with the main issue stakeholders
Most to also be able to identify key physical and human features in
the issue area
Some to begin to identify areas of differential impact and relate this
to habitats/environments
10. What about the proposed area?
• Please answer the following questions:
1. Which areas from resource 6 might be areas of
conflict for stakeholders? Why?
2. Which area would suffer the least impacts if
expansion happened there? Why?
3. What type of habitats could be affected? Give
grid references for examples.
Task nine
11. Geographical features of the area
• Label Resource 6 with the key human and
physical features you can identify from the
map or photos.
Task ten
13. Demonstrate your learning
• Runaround! Choose a side of the room.
• Left side (your left) if you think we should build on a
greenfield site outside Leicester.
• Right side if you think we should develop the
settlement on the Leicester Airport site
• Why have you chosen your side?
