Assignment Urbanization Week 4 Day 7

This document provides instructions for an assignment on the environmental benefits and challenges of urbanization. Students are asked to review a chapter discussing urbanization and awards given by the UN for improving human settlements. They should also read summaries of 1996 winners of the Dubai awards, including projects on community-based development, microfinance, urban upgrading, and community improvement. Students are to create a 7-10 slide PowerPoint presentation describing the environmental impacts of urbanization and discussing how two award winners overcame challenges. The presentation should have detailed speaker notes and be formatted and posted according to the provided guidelines.

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Assignment Urbanization Week 4 day 7

Resources: Ch. 7 of Visualizing Environmental Science and the Dubai Web site
Review Ch. 7, which discusses the benefits and challenges of urbanization and how the U.N.
Conference gave awards for urban development projects that improved human settlements.
Read summaries of the 1996 Winners of the Dubai awards on their Web sites at:

o Institutionalizing Community-Based Development:

http://www.unesco.org/most/africa17.htm

o Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) Bank:

http://www.unesco.org/most/asia1.htm

o Shelter Upgrading in Agadir, Morocco:

http://www.unesco.org/most/africa3.htm

o City Management in Tilburg: Past, Present and Future:

http://www.unesco.org/most/westeu14.htm

o Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association:

http://www.unesco.org/most/usa1.htm

o Project of Lots and Services for low income population on the North Zone:
http://www.unesco.org/most/southam1.htm

Create a 7- to 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation, that describes environmental benefits and challenges
of urbanization. In your own words, include descriptions of two 1996 award winners, discussing how they
overcame one of the challenges mentioned in your presentation.
Include detailed speaker notes.

Review the Axia College PowerPoint® Tutorial, (if you need assistance building your presentation).
o Enter your student Web site at https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/
o Log in with your username and password.
o Click the Library tab.
o Select Center for Writing Excellence.
o Choose Tutorials & Guides.
o Click Axia College PowerPoint® Tutorial under Software Tutorials and Guides
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
Post the PowerPoint® as an attachment.