Online Geography Resources

Origins of Disparities - London

IB DP Geography - Patterns and Change

Starter

Watch and get a feeling for London

24 Hours in London: A Timelapse Film from Ed Ratcliffe [Slender Films] on Vimeo.

Source

Activity

The aim of this lesson:

To be able to explain disparities and inequities that occur within London resulting from ethnicity, residence, parental education, income, employment (formal and informal) and land ownership.

Explore

life.mappinglondon.co.uk

Explore Lives on the Line - which shows the life expectancy at birth of those living around each London Underground, London Overground and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station and the rank of each London ward on the spectrum of Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index.

Which two London transport stations represent the opposite extremes of life expectancy?

Assessment task

Describe and explain the disparities that exist in London.

[750-800 words, 15 marks. To access more than 8 marks you must be discussing at least three different categories of disparities.]

Blank map of London - use it to make notes and label observations

Focus One - Disparities in London - Income

ukdataexplorer.com | Alternative service: illustreets.co.uk

Is there a link between the two London transport stations that represent the opposite extremes of life expectancy and the level of income in those areas?

London's richest people worth 273 times more than the poorest [21 April 2010]

Focus Two - Disparities in London - Residence

View Larger Map

Visit the areas/wards of London you identified as being at the extremes of life expectancy - using Street View in either Google Maps or Google Earth. Collect some images (screenshots) of the extremes. Look at the availability of affordable housing.