In the interests of staying on track, we are going to do some project work while the essay process is underway.
See the project outline below. We are in Rm 115 Tuesday and Wednesday . The following week, we will be in the lab on Monday and Tuesday, December 14 and 15 -- Rm 115 as well.
Your Long Term Project for Unit 4 will be due Wednesday, January 13, 2010.
Geography 20G - Unit 4: Long Term Project
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that deals with a current urban development issue. Your presentation should be five to seven minutes in length and should:
· Clearly define and explain the issue you are addressing
· Present either through a “sell”/justify a position approach or clinically discuss several positions
You may use the site below to assist you in preparing your presentation.
http://www.actden.com/pp/
A presentation rubric will be added shortly.
Presentations will begin after a suitable work schedule has been arranged.
The following are potential topics. Others may be considered but must be approved by the instructor.
New Urbanism - What is it? What does it look like? Where is it taking place?
http://www.newurbanism.org/newurbanism/sitemap.html
Evaluate the proposal referred to as “Victory City”.
http://www.victorycities.com/
Evaluate the concepts put forth in “Sustainable Urban Design and Climate”.
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/design/design.shtml
Discuss strategies for Downtown revitalization.
http://www.emich.edu/public/geo/557book/dt.frameset.html
Examine and discuss efforts to reuse “Big Box” stores that are no longer in operation.
http://www.bigboxreuse.com/
Debate whether or not sports facilities assist positively in urban renewal.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000300
http://www.naiop.org/foundation/ares07mixeduse.pdf
http://www.ualberta.ca/~bhumphre/papers/pfm2003.pdf
http://www.informedesign.umn.edu/Rs_detail.aspx?rsId=2265
Discuss various ideas for urban renewal.
http://www.creativecity.ca/resources/making-the-case/urban-renewal-1.html
