Some nice presentations on Tuesday about Urban Development Corporations, City Challenge and some of the more recent regeneration initiatives such as Sustainable Communities. Check back to the previous post on this for some links, etc. if you need to check details.
On Thursday, we started to look at the LEDW case - we started by brainstorming our perceptions of shanty towns, based on the work you did last year, and on what we "know" from the media, etc.. We then had a look at Dharavi, the Mumbai slum where Slumdog Millionaire was filmed, and talked about whether we thought it was a "slum of hope" or a "slum of despair".
The links to the photos, etc. we looked at are here:
Audio slideshow from The Guardian
Images from the National Geographic
BBC Interactive Tour of Dharavi
There are various clips on YouTube that are worth a look too...
After the holidays, we will have a look at the plans for the redevelopment of Dharavi...
Where would you be without Geography?
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