1. Challenging Urban Environments
Government policies in UK inner cities – London Docklands
City Centre Renewal and traffic issues – Salisbury (not officially needed case study)
Sustainable Urban development – Bedzed
a) Squatter Settlement – Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro and b) Improving squatter settlements – Favela Bairro, Rio de Janeiro

2. Look for positive and negative effects
PSI: Where?
Economic effects of LDDC
Environmental effects of LDDC
CASE STUDY: London Docklands – impact of government strategies
Social effects of LDDC
The need for sustainability in all this
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

3. CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
PSI: Where?
What makes a development sustainable and to what extent does Bedzed match this?
Housing?
Transport?
Environmental sustainability
It’s a brownfield site. So?
CASE STUDY: Bedzed – Sustainable Urban Development
Disposing of waste?
People involved in decision making?
Social sustainability
Open Spaces?
Transport system?
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

4. CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
PSI: Where?
Charactristics of Rocinha (housing transport crime etc)
How people try to improve their own lives
CASE STUDY: Rocinha – Example of a squatter settlement
Quality of life
Lives of inhabitants
Standard of living
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

5. CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
PSI: Where?
Economic improvements
Environmental improvements
CASE STUDY: Favela Bairro – example of improving a squatter settlement
Social improvements
Has it been a success?
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS