Urban microclimates
Urban heat island effect – mitigation strategies from the EPA (USA)
Air pollution case studies
Air pollution in Asia (The Guardian 2016)
Air pollution & children’s health
How air pollution harms your health (The Guardian 2017)
1. Paris
Paris to stop traffic when air pollution strikes (The Guardian 2015)
Paris – Emergency measures to combat smog a success (The Guardian 2015)
France to ban sales of petrol & diesel cars by 2040 (Th Guardian 2017)
Paris – pedestrianised right bank of the Seine (The Guardian 2018)
2. Beijing
Pollutionwatch – Beijing (The Guardian)
China tops WHO list for deadly outdoor air pollution (The Guardian 2016)
Traffic congestion management case studies
Contested land use changes
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Slum clearance
Harare & other cities in Zimbabwe (2005) |
Mumbai |
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| Mumbai slums – The Wilson Center | |
| Satellite images reveal evidence of Zimbabwe demolitions | Riches rise from Mumbai slum clearance | Financial Times |
2. Urban redevelopment
| Perspectives of London’s 2102 redevelopment – The Guardian |
 Aerial view of the Olympic Park showing the Olympic Stadium and warm-up track in the foreground. Picture taken on 16 April 2012. |
| Caochangdi – demolition of art area in Beijing – Frieze.com |  |
Urban redevelopment in China – Fangzhicheng, Xian
China’s urban villages – Wikipedia
Urban redevelopment in China – The Guardian: Shenzhen ‘upgrades’ its urban villages
Depletion of green spaces
The Guardian – Garden cities: Can green spaces bring health & happiness?
The Guardian – Allotments in London
The Guardian: How public space is changing European cities
The Guardian: London’s parks accused of creeping privatisation (Aug 2018)
The Guardian – Children in social housing excluded from play area in London (March 2019)
