Building Sustainable Urban Systems for the Future, Changing Urban Systems, IBDP Geographic Themes (Options), The Variety of Urban Environments, Urban Environmental and Social Stresses, Urban Environments

The Suburban Wasteland Miniseries- Youtube User Eco Gecko

by Paul Alberts

This is an interesting and radical deconstruction of how American suburbs are a short-sighted, inefficient, and community destroying piece of urban America. It is a thought provoking and critical video which really illustrates the flawed idea of suburban growth.

Building Sustainable Urban Systems for the Future, Changing Population and Places, Changing Urban Systems, IBDP Geographic Themes (Options), The Variety of Urban Environments, Urban Environmental and Social Stresses, Urban Environments

Urban Environments Sustainability Game – ElectroCity

by Paul Alberts

ElectroCity is a game developed by Genesis Energy where you can build and maintain the growth of a city in a multitude different ways.  It teaches students about sustainable urban growth and energy consumption, in an intriguing and memorable way.

ElectroCity link: http://www.electrocity.co.nz/ 

Building Sustainable Urban Systems for the Future, Geography, IBDP Geographic Themes (Options), Urban Environmental and Social Stresses, Urban Environments

Vienna Sustainability – The Kabelwerk Social Housing District

by Paul Alberts

The link below is to a feature run by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development on Social Housing in Vienna.  This is in many ways linked to the social deprivation area of the syllabus, as well as a more eco-city designed detailed example.

https://www.huduser.gov/portal/pdredge/pdr_edge_featd_article_011314.html

The link below leads to a download of photographs I have taken of this social housing district of Vienna in the spring of 2018.  I have annotated them in order to display features of thoughtful urban planning.

Kabelwerk Photographs

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Alberts

Rotterdam, the Netherlands
pal@wolfert.nl