MYP 3 INS Summative Unit 4

Sustainable Cities
Criterion C: Communicating
i Effective & appropriate style
ii Appropriate structure
iii MLA formatting
 How to design a sustainable city

Warisse Ljones
 Table of Contents
Introduction:

● Research Question (justify why it is appropriate in scale and scope and how it is linked to the SOI)
● Sustainable Cities -- define the term
● Key ideas/questions
● Design:
● The site and situation of your city. (
See this slide presentation ‘settlement characteristics’ we looked at in class for help.) Include a
map with a real location!
● What factors might influence the development of your city?
● Will these factors facilitate or limit the growth of your city?
● Is your city in an LEDC or MEDC country?
● Why did you choose to place it there?
● Functions
● Will your city accommodate new functions?
● What do you anticipate its projected growth in population to be in the next 10 or 20 years?
● Where will the new arrivals live and work?
● Inclusivity/Sustainability
●Administration
Fig. 1. Christensen, Jan, et al. “Norway.”
●Housing for all
●Public and private transport Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia
●Green space Britannica, Inc., 29 May 2020,
●Business (commercial activity and possibly industry) www.britannica.com/place/Norway.
●Leisure
●Waste disposal/recycling

● Conclusion:
● Why should people move to your city?
● Reflection: should cities be planned at all?

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Introduction
● How can we design cities which can be
sustainable and decrease disparities?
The research question is linked to the SOI
because in both the research question and
the SOI we want to know how we can
design cities which can be sustainable and
decrease disparities.
● Sustainability: the ability to be maintained Fig. 2. “World Bank Launches Platform for Sustainable
Cities.” Asian Surveying & Mapping, 29 Mar. 2016,
at a certain rate or level. asmmag.com/features/feature/10544-world-bank-
launches-platform-for-sustainable-cities.html.

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1.1. Site and Situation
● Norway, country of northern Europe that occupies
the western half of the Scandinavian peninsula.
Nearly half of the inhabitants of the country live
in the far south, in the region around Oslo, the
capital. About two-thirds of Norway is
mountainous, and off its much-indented coastline
lie, carved by deep glacial fjords, some 50,000
islands. The majority of the country borders
water, including the Skagerrak inlet to the south,
the North Sea to the southwest, the North Atlantic
Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west, and the
Barents Sea to the north.

Fig. 3. Christensen, Jan, et al. “Norway.”

Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia
Britannica, Inc., 29 May 2020,
www.britannica.com/place/Norway. 5
1.2. Site and Situation
Norway has a total area of 385,207 square
kilometres and a population of 5,312,300 (as of
August 2018). The country shares a long eastern
border with Sweden (1,619 km or 1,006 mi long).
Norway is bordered by Finland and Russia to the
north-east, and the Skagerrak strait to the south, with
Denmark on the other side. Norway has an extensive
coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the
Barents Sea.

Fig. 4. “15 Best Places In Norway You Have To Visit.” Hand

Luggage Only, 7 Nov. 2019,
handluggageonly.co.uk/2017/12/24/15-beautiful-places-norway-
visit/.
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1.3. Site and Situation
● The Norwegian economy is one of the wealthiest
in the world thanks in part to nearly forty years of
north sea oil and gas production. The country
regularly runs up very large fiscal and current
account (trade) surpluses and their per capita
income (PPP adjusted) remains very high despite
a slowdown in economic growth.
● These factors will facilitate the growth of my city.
● My city is in an MEDC country.
● I chose to place it there because I come from this
country and because it’s a really developed
country.

Fig. 5. StackPath, www.offshore-

mag.com/production/article/16799642/engie-lifts-production-at-
north-sea-gja-sees-exploration-potential.
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2. Functions of the city
● New functions:
1. SCI-FI-ESQUE CITY CONCEPTS
2. UNDERGROUND SPACES AND PLACES
3. AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MIDDLE-INCOME EAR
NERS
4. ACCESSIBLE SPACES FOR AGING POPULATIONS
5. FORWARD-THINKING MINDS IN ACTION
Fig. 6. Tanenhaus, Allison. “How Will Cities
● I anticipate the population to be two times bigger in the next 10 Change in the Future? We've Got Some
or 20 years. Ideas.” Car Sharing: An Alternative to Car
Rental with Zipcar,
● The new arrivals will live in apartments. www.zipcar.com/ziptopia/future-city/how-will
-cities-change-in-the-future
.
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3. Inclusivity/Sustainability
To make my city, inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable I included:

● Housing for all

● Public and private transport
● Green space
● Waste disposal/recycling

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Conclusion
People should move to my city because my city is inclusive, safe, resilient
and sustainable. People should also move to my city because my city is in an
MEDC country and because The Norwegian economy is one of the
wealthiest in the world. My city also has a lot of new functions.

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Works Cited
● Christensen, Jan, et al. “Norway.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 29 May
2020, www.britannica.com/place/Norway.
● “Geography of Norway.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Feb. 2020,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Norway.
● Nikel, David, et al. “Coronavirus in Norway: The Latest News on the COVID-19 Outbreak.” Life in
Norway, 30 May 2020, www.lifeinnorway.net/coronavirus-in-norway/.
● “Norway - Growth and Development: Economics.” tutor2u, 2 June 2020,
www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/growth-and-development-norway.
● “Norway.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 31 May 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway.
● Tanenhaus, Allison. “How Will Cities Change in the Future? We've Got Some Ideas.” Car Sharing:
An Alternative to Car Rental with Zipcar,
www.zipcar.com/ziptopia/future-city/how-will-cities-change-in-the-future.

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Figure citations
● Fig. 1. Christensen, Jan, et al. “Norway.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 29 May
2020, www.britannica.com/place/Norway.
● Fig. 2. “World Bank Launches Platform for Sustainable Cities.” Asian Surveying & Mapping, 29 Mar. 2016,
asmmag.com/features/feature/10544-world-bank-launches-platform-for-sustainable-cities.html.
● Fig. 3. Christensen, Jan, et al. “Norway.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 29 May
2020, www.britannica.com/place/Norway.
● Fig. 4. “15 Best Places In Norway You Have To Visit.” Hand Luggage Only, 7 Nov. 2019,
handluggageonly.co.uk/2017/12/24/15-beautiful-places-norway-visit/.
● Fig. 5. StackPath, www.offshore-mag.com/production/article/16799642/engie-lifts-production-at-north-sea-
gja-sees-exploration-potential.
● Fig. 6. Tanenhaus, Allison. “How Will Cities Change in the Future? We've Got Some Ideas.” Car
Sharing: An Alternative to Car Rental with Zipcar,
www.zipcar.com/ziptopia/future-city/how-will-cities-change-in-the-future.

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