What is the future for sustainable living spaces

in rural britain?

Create your own futuristic living space in rural Britain…

What are the potential options for the future?

• You should be able to assess the potential for ‘sustainable cities’ in rural Britain

• You should evaluate the pros and cons of the effects of these in rural Britain

• So, what are the options?

What do you think this is?

• This is an Algae Farm• They are large salt water ponds in which algae

grows • Oil can be extracted from these algae on the site of

the farm and transported to company bio diesel refineries via barge, rail or lorry

• This is a sustainable method of producing fuel and these farms can be located practically anywhere- even on the outskirts of urban areas, as long as there is enough land

• What do you think about these being constructed on green belt or green field land?

• What are the SWOT of these?

Britain’s new eco-towns

• Eco towns are a controversial programme of sustainable new towns to be built on existing green field sites

• 13 areas are being considered for new eco towns, providing up to 15 000 homes in each location

• Eco-towns have certain requirements for the environment, the economy and for people.

Britain’s new eco-towns

• The objectives of eco-towns were to offer the opportunity to achieve high standards of sustainable living while also maximising the potential for affordable housing.

• They may be ‘zero-carbon’ developments• The environment: consider energy use, and

where the energy is from• Economic issues: jobs should be within or near

to the community• Social issues: communities need to support a

secondary school (4000-5000 homes) they need to have a mixture of people.

What is the future for rural britain?

• Algae farms?• Eco-towns?• The rural areas need to be developed, but

what should occur. Choose either the algae farms, or the idea of eco-towns and assess the possibilities for these in Britain, using the SWOT analysis in your booklet, and the information from the text book (purple p186-7)

What is the future for sustainable cities in britain?

• Do you think that this would work with all new communities/settlements

• What is difficult about this idea?

More about Wiltshire…

• Back to page 22 (we didn’t get to finish this in my lesson, sorry!)

• Recap• Social changes?• Economy affected?

Key ideas you say we pay!

• Social segregation• Gentrification• Urbanisation• Living spaces• Brownfield site• Rural idyll• Redevelopment