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Where Will I Live? - Space

School/Scheme Understanding related to the concept of 'space' Questions to develop understanding
Westholme School,
A Geographical Mystery
The location of phenomena is significant in developing our understanding of an issue. Why do two similar houses have such different values?
Habergham High School
What makes an area good or bad?
Any place is influenced by the nation within which it is located. What are the national plans for housing that influence this place?
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar
Where would you be willing to live?
The time it takes to cross the spaces between places has been reduced. This brings more places to our attention. Where might I live in the future?
Ivy Bank Business and Technology College
Urban Change
Globalisation is a phenomena that has different spatial outcomes. Why is the world population becoming more urban?
Colne Primet High School
Environmental Quality
There are different spatial outcomes of a national housing market systems. Why is there a need for housing market renewal?
Edge End High School
What is all the fuss about?
Economic systems operate across space. Their impact is different in different locations. Why are houses being demolished?
Coleridge Community School and Parkside Community School
Marshall's Airfield
The development of GIS (or GI) offers exciting new possibilities for spatial analysis. How can spatial analysis help improve our understanding of urban change?
Sawston Village College
New housing developments
Social systems operate across space. Their impact is different in different locations. Why do people have different community needs?
St Bede’s Inter-Church Schools and Chesterton Community College
Perceptions of places
Where places are located in space changes the amount and type of information that we are able to access about that place. Why do we understand more about housing in some places than others?
Hills Road Sixth Form College
Managing Urban Environments
Political systems operate across space. Their impact is different in different locations. Why are there different planning priorities?
Comberton Village College and Saffron Walden High School
Sustainable Cambridge?
Spatial analysis at a variety of scales helps to improve our understanding of sustainability. What might be some of the conflicts of interest between different groups when planning a sustainable development?
Chesterton Community College
Housing Design and Housing Needs
Places that exist at a geographical distance are simultaneously similar and different to our own. What can we learn from housing designs from other places?

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