Building Sustainable Urban Systems for the Future, Challenges and Opportunities, Changing Population, Changing Population and Places, Changing Urban Systems, Global Resource Consumption and Security, Global Trends in Consumption, Grade 11 HL/SL, IBDP Geographic Perspectives (Core), IBDP Geographic Themes (Options), Resource Stewardship, The Variety of Urban Environments, Urban Environmental and Social Stresses, Urban Environments

Unequal Scenes – Johnny Miller – Student Recommendation

A special thanks and shout out to an old student (Sasha v.h.) who sent me this incredible link.  With relevance to disparities, urban environments, migration, and so much more, these images captured by drones show the distinct spatial differences between ‘rich and poor’, ‘developed and developing’, or maybe even ‘us and them’.  An example of such an image taken from the website can be found below.

To all of my students past (and present too, of course), please send me any cool stuff you encounter both online or in your university courses.  Would love to hear from you and use what you find in my classes!

Click the link to check out the powerful images:

https://unequalscenes.com/ 

Photograph: Johnny Miller

Building Sustainable Urban Systems for the Future, Global Resource Consumption and Security, Global Trends in Consumption, IBDP Geographic Perspectives (Core), Impacts of Changing Trends in Resource Consumption, Resource Stewardship, Urban Environments

Las Vegas Case Study – Water Consumption

One of my favourite detailed examples/case studies to teach, below is a list of useful links I have assembled to help illustrate the water consumption issues in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Plenary:

CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lake-mead-is-shrinking-and-with-it-las-vegas-water-supply/

Strategies:

Southern Nevada Water Authority: https://www.snwa.com/consv/restrictions.html

Youtube/Google Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPRGfyd93fo

Las Vegas Sun: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/apr/27/tips-california-what-nevada-has-done-conserve-wate/

Future:

Las Vegas Now:  http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/i-team-new-outlook-for-nevadas-water-future/148482842

News Deeply: https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/10/19/how-las-vegas-aims-to-be-the-next-silicon-valley-for-water-innovation