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Task 1: Reading task: What are Slums?
Task 1: Reading task: What are Slums?
a) Click on the on the link below and read the article, 'What are Slums' https://www.citiesalliance.org/themes/slums-and-slum-upgrading
b) Complete the following questions.
What does the word 'slum' refer to?
List three conditions that are unique to slums.
Approximately how many people worldwide live in slums?
What are the two main reasons slums develop?
Briefly summarise what can be done to prevent the development of new slums.
Task 2: Research Task
Task 2: Research Task
Choose ONE of the following worldwide slums to conduct research:
Khayelitsha in Cape Town (South Africa): 400,000
Kibera in Nairobi (Kenya): 700,000
Dharavi in Mumbai (India): 1,000,000
Neza (Mexico): 1,200,000
Orangi Town in Karachi (Pakistan): 2,400,000
2. You will conduct research and communicate your findings in a geographical report
a) Provide a BOLTSS Map of the country and locate where the slum is on the map.
provide details of the country's climate and natural and human features. (100-150 words)
b) Provide information about how and why the slum developed (social and economic factors that contributed to its development over time). (200 words).
c) Describe the slum's dimensions (size and scale) and characteristic features (types of houses/shelter, number of people, facilities, access to water and medical and educational facilities/ access to electricity and food for example). (200-300 words)
d) Describe at least three strategies that have been implemented to improve the conditions of the slum and evaluate how these strategies have or intend to improve the lives of those living in the slums. Your evaluation should include infographics, data and other geographical information to support your ideas. (250 words)
Extension Task: For those who complete the Geography report, you can view the documentary, 'World Largest Slum.'
-As you watch, take notes on important features of slum, such as economic features and social features.
-Write a diary entry from the day in the life of a person who lives in this slum.
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