1. MUST: To describe some of the pressure on living spaces.
How far can growing demands for good living spaces become more sustainable?
MUST: To describe some of the pressure on living spaces.
SHOULD: To describe and begin to explain the pressures on living space and to understand why cities have large environmental impact
COULD: To explain in detail the pressures on living space and understand the impacts of these pressure on living space

2. Starter Activity - The country’s population is growing so where in the UK could these houses be built?
Write 3 sentences describing what you see

3. Greenfield V Brownfield
Greenfield site?
Is an area of farmland on which no building has taken place
Brownfield site?
This is former industrial land

4. Greenfield V Brownfield
Draw a table of the advantages and disadvantages of each
Green field +
Green field -
Brown field +
Brown field -

5. Greenfield V Brownfield

6. What are the pressures on the quality of living spaces?
Population – Natural increase
Population – In-migration
Urban sprawl
Water consumption
Levels of pollutions
Airport expansions
For each of these explain how they can lead to increase pressure on the living space and how it might affect the quality

7. 2 Case Studies North Wiltshire p.173 Pearson Las Vegas p.174 Pearson
Complete case study notes for both case studies – max 10 bullet points for each!

8. How has our government tried to overcome the issue of urban expansion?
Green belts set up over 50 year ago and cover 13% of England.
Check sprawl of cities such as London and Birmingham
Protect the surrounding countryside from further development
To prevent neighbouring cities e.g. Leeds and Bradford from merging

9. Exam Question
Explain the pressures that can result from the demand for new housing in rural areas (4 marks)

10. Megacities – What and where are they?

11. Megacities These are cities with more than 10 million people
Using p OUP and p.176 Pearson produce a poster on Tokyo and the impacts of growth on the city

12. Plenary – Questioning
write out 3 questions based on this lesson and others then answer them

13. Homework
Use the Internet to research the causes and consequences of the growth of Lagos (Nigeria) which is predicted to grow from 10.1 million (2003) to 17 million in 2015.