TOPIC 1:

THINKING GEOGRAPHICALLY

1.1 

What is the relationship between people and nature in their neighbourhoods?

1.2

How do people acquire a sense of place in their neighbourhoods? 

1.3

What is the relationship between locations in a neighbourhood? 

1.4

How are neighbourhoods organised in Singapore?

 a. Relationship between people and nature 

b. Benefits enjoyed by people and nature

c. Disadvantages to people and nature 

a. Sense of place

c. Representing a sense of place 

b. Acquiring a sense of place 

a  Regions 

b. Spatial patterns

c.  Spatial associations 

a. Spatial scales in Singapore 

b. Spatial hierarchies in Singapore 

c   Town planning in Singapore

TOPIC 2:

  SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2.1

What are sustainable urban neighbourhoods?

2.2

What ecosystem services are found in urban neighbourhoods?

2.3

What are common hazards in urban neighbourhoods?

2.4

How to build sustainable urban neighbourhoods? 

a. Sustainable development 

b.  Economic and social sustainability in urban neighbourhoods 

c.  Environmental sustainability in urban neighbourhoods 

 a. Urban neighbourhoods as ecosystems 

b. Provisioning and regulating services 

c. Cultural and supporting services

a.  Fire hazards 

b. Air pollution hazards 

c. Traffic hazards 

 a. Environmental stewardship 

b. Disaster risk management

c. Community resilience 

TOPIC 3:

 GEOGRAPHICAL METHODS

 3.1

  How to design fieldwork? 

3.2

How to collect primary data? 

3.3

How to process and analyse data?

3.4

How to present findings?

a. Research questions and hypotheses

b. Data collection sequence through primary and/or secondary sources 

c. Limitations and risks 

a Sampling 

b.  Closed-ended questionnaire surveys 

c. Mental maps

a.   Closed-ended questionnaire surveys 

b.   Mental maps 

c Relationships and patterns

a.    Maps

b.   Graphs

c.   Photographs and texts