Monday 19 March 2012

World Cities At the Movies

Kevin McCloud Slumming It - This documentary series is great for the case study of Mumbai. Making notes on it from this as well as the book will give you the 'flare' that the examiners are looking for!

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/kevin-mccloud-slumming-it/4od

Rio de Janeiro

http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/blipplayer.swf?autoStart=false&file=http://blip.tv/file/get/Gatm-Rio923.flv?source=3


An Overview of Lima

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMh9-5_Cy2I


The London Docklands

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDTjHT-sgTQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2THOiPFvZmc


London Docklands Development Corporation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWkmDyEN70U


SA1 Swansea Website:

http://www.sa1swanseawaterfront.com/


Notting Hill - Movie Tralier (although the film is not directly linked to the syllabus the film has been used to attract attention to the Notting Hill Area after the gentrification that has taken place there!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqMB3mUytpM

Slumdog Millionaire - Movie Trailer (again, like Notting Hill, Slumdog is not part of the syllabus, however, as it is set in Mumbai and the slums it enables you to picture how living conditions are)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIzbwV7on6Q

Urbanisation in Sao Paulo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLVFl8_ZCyE

Suburbanisation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQBT6qW_5G4

Effects of Urbanisation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9AZfwfyATI&feature=related

Gentrification

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuVcAV40km8

Sustainability

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NiTN0chj0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syii9DKnb2M&feature=related (this video is NOT related entirely but David Mitchell puts a funny spin on sustanability in day to day life)



The London Docklands through a Powerpoint presentation

http://www.slideshare.net/year12blanchgeography/reurbanisation-in-london-docklands-powerpointppt-rkennedy


Types of Communities

http://www.slideshare.net/clturman/community-types-urban-rural-and-suburban





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