The sustainable strategy chosen is likely to be one that addresses either a social issue (housing quality), environmental issue (air, water, land resources) or overall city growth (and in-migration) – in ways that seek to maintain and improve the quality of life for current and future urban dwellers.
Responses should go beyond mere description of a management strategy. Answers should provide effective evaluation, addressing both positive and negative aspects of the strategy, the problems encountered and some conclusion on the success of the scheme. Answers that do all of this will access bands E/F.
Answers that evaluate an urban management strategy that is not explicitly sustainable (does not mention future generations or ecological footprints etc.) should be limited to band D.
Marks should be allocated according to the markbands.
Examiner says:
Most answers simply explained the existence of squatter settlements without referring to areas of high and low deprivation and their relative locations in a city in a low-income country. There were some good answers, though at both levels, many were overly descriptive and had only very limited evaluation. Frequently, relevant strategies were detailed without saying how they related to sustainability.
Responses should go beyond mere description of a management strategy. Answers should provide effective evaluation, addressing both positive and negative aspects of the strategy, the problems encountered and some conclusion on the success of the scheme. Answers that do all of this will access bands E/F.
Answers that evaluate an urban management strategy that is not explicitly sustainable (does not mention future generations or ecological footprints etc.) should be limited to band D.
Marks should be allocated according to the markbands.
Examiner says:
Most answers simply explained the existence of squatter settlements without referring to areas of high and low deprivation and their relative locations in a city in a low-income country. There were some good answers, though at both levels, many were overly descriptive and had only very limited evaluation. Frequently, relevant strategies were detailed without saying how they related to sustainability.