Key question: Should Cambodia build a new city, or would its people be better served by investing in existing cities??

Background

Cities are one of humanity's greatest inventions. They concentrate people, jobs, services and ideas in one place, allowing societies to become more productive and innovative.

However, cities also face significant challenges. Some grow rapidly and struggle to provide housing and infrastructure. Others decline as industries disappear and people move away.

The Government of Cambodia is considering developing a new planned city to support future population and economic growth. Before making this decision, they have asked your Urban Planning Consultancy to prepare a recommendation.

Your findings should be presented in the following format.

Part A. Introduction

1. Cambodia / Phnom Penh introduction.

2. Statement of current issue: Due to environmental issues (Flooding) and population growth Cambodia is considering developing a new city.

3. Include the following visual resources.

   Maps of Cambodia and Phnom Penh

   Graphs of Cambodia population and urbanisation

4. Table of development indicators

   Population

   GDP per capita

   Life expectancy

   IMR

   Urbanistaion %

Part A – Why do cities exist?

Explain the main reasons people organise themselves into cities.

Consider the pull factors:

• Trade and innovation

• Employment

• Education

• Transport

• Government

• Culture

Support your explanation with examples from expanding cities.

Part B. Risks and opportunities

Case study. A successful city

Use annotated maps, photographs and diagrams to explain why this city has been successful.

• Site

• Situation

• Population

• Economic functions

• Transport networks

Case study: A declining city

Use annotated maps, photographs and diagrams to explain why this city is declining.

• Site

• Situation

• Population

• Economic functions

Part C. Recommendations

• Should Cambodia build a new city?

• Suggest a location for the new city and justify your choice.

• Explain why your proposal is the best option for Cambodia.

Present your research as a multimodal presentation or report.

Urban Cambodia investigation checklist - have I done the following?

• Used media reports to illustrate your and case studies to examine (2) two aspects of the lack of development in my chosen country, what does a succesfull city look like?

• Used an abundance of annotated graphs, maps and tables to illustrate your findings

• Included the bibliography