Sustainable Cities and Communities

https://sdg-tracker.org/cities 

1. What issues do you think are tied to the SDGs Target 11? 

2. Do you know what biomimicry is? If not, can you guess what it is?

Video Viewing

Watch the video with the playback speed of 0.75 to 1.00. View 2 or 3 times.

視聴した２本のビデオについて、下記の質問に答えましょう。

(1) In recent years, we are trying to make our cities and communities sustainable.  T / F 

(2) Institutions and individuals both have roles to play in helping the UN achieve this goal.  T / F

(3) The rents for the offices and shops in the Eastgate Centre are comparatively high.  T / F

 1の動画を使ってディクテーションをしてみましょう。

Everyone __________ to live in a world where our cities and communities are designed to be ____________, _______, _____________, and sustainable. We all have a role to play in helping the UN achieve this goal by the year 2030. But the idea of a sustainable city isn't _______. ___________ civilizations like the Greeks designed cities for the ___________ of _____ citizens. They made it easy to travel by planning streets in ___________ ________. They kept everyone ______ and __________ by setting up markets and building aqueducts, and even pioneered __________ _______ where citizens could ________ in nature. Today, our definition of livability has __________ to reflect the needs of people living in a _________ world. We want people to feel safe to travel through their communities, to have access to _____________ housing, and connect with their ____________ in shared spaces and at public _______ because communities thrive when people develop a sense of ____________ and ____________. It's easy to feel isolated from the community. It happens in big cities when buildings are not designed to give ___________ people access; it happens in small towns, when reduced public transport links make it impossible for ______ __________ to participate in society. But lots of good things are being done to help people feel ____________ to their communities. The Kilis refugee camp in Turkey, for example, is a ____________ community that was designed to _______. Managed by the Turkish government, residents live in concrete shelters ________ ____ makeshift tents, giving them a sense of ____________. In Scotland, Rekz Afzal set up a community _______ where people could access food ___________ by local businesses. And in New York, the disused railway bed was _____________ into the High Line, an eye-catching public space where citizens can mingle or relax. ________ like this can help create a safer, more ____________ future for ___________.

ディクテーションの後、もう一度最初から聞いてみましょう。

ペア、または、グループで以下の問題について話し合いましょう。

１．　持続可能な都市やコミュニティーの条件にはどんなものがあるでしょう。

２．　逆に、持続可能でない都市やコミュニティーとはどういうものでしょう。

３．　イーストゲートセンターはどのように持続可能な社会と結びついていると思いますか。

４．　他にバイオミミクリーの例を知っていますか。どのようなものがありますか。