Reference no: EM132900904 , Length: word count:450
Topic:
- Choosing one of the world's 35 megacities, research an urban system and present possible future scenarios supported by scholarly evidence. For example, you might consider the future of one of the areas (i.e. housing, gentrification/revitalisation, green space, climate change/environmental risk, transportation, critical infrastructure, public space, private development, governance).
- Think about the most pressing challenges to your chosen megacity and how your chosen urban system might respond or be shaped to provide better lives for urban citizens.
Presentation structure: pptx file
• Introduction: introduce your chosen megacity and urban system, and provide an overview of current challenges
• Body of presentation: present your projections for the urban system in the context of the megacity. Think about how this system might look in 10, 20 and 50 yeartime. How might this impact the experience of living in the city? What challenges are there for realising change to the urban system? What kind of policies or political vision might be needed to see these changes?
• Summary: conclude your presentation by summarising your argument and visions for the urban system and city, and reflect on the importance of urbanisation processes to quality of life of future urban dwellers
Other points
• PowerPoint to present your work as a narrated slideshow and must add speaker notes
• The presentation should be 8 to 10 minutes long with no more than 20 slides
• The layout of the slides should be appropriate for viewing on a desktop computer (i.e. make sure that font sizes are large enough, the arrangement of pictures and text clearly communicates your work)
• Images, dot-points, headings, graphs, diagrams, and maps are all encouraged. Try not to have ‘text-heavy' slides. The slides should complement your narration rather than double-up on information
• Use a minimum of 10 references to scholarly work to support your projections
• Make sure all ideas, statistics, figures, images, etc. are referenced correctly
• Include your reference list on a separate slide at the end of the presentation