10.8 SkillBuilder activity COMMUNICATING 1. Some cities provide schemes to encourage people to ride bikes. Conduct research to ýnd out about the success of bike incentive schemes in a European city. Include the following: • the name of the city • the date of the scheme • a summary of the scheme • evidence of success or failure of the scheme. 2. Predict whether a similar scheme would be viable in the area where you live. a. Would the scheme work as it is? b. What modiýcations might be needed? Why?
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Exercise
Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 2, 5, 10
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REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Identify the three measures used when investigating liveability. Population A. Social B.
Environmental C.
Economic D. Sustainability E. 2. All information to determine the liveability of an area can be obtained from census statistics. True or False? 3. Refer to TABLE1 . a. Identify two aspects that could be placed in a different theme. Justify your suggested change. b. Propose one more indicator that should be included. In which theme would it belong? 4. Recall three advantages of increasing bicycle riding. 5. Identif y the problem that was faced by the ýrst bike-sharing schemes. Increased accidents A. Reduced cars on the road B. Theft and vandalism C. Increased public transport use D. None of the above E. ANALYSE AND APPLY 6. Refer to FIGURE2 . Compare and contrast the liveability wish list for young families and older people. You may wish to present your answer visually, as a Venn diagram. 7. Liveability means different things to people of different ages. With the use of an example, demonstrate how improving liveability for one age group might help the liveability of another age group. 8. Refer to FIGURE5 a. Propose a reason for the rapid increase in the number of shared bikes in cities around the world. b. Propose a reason why China is the fastest growing market for share bikes. c. Explain how the introduction of electric bikes might encourage more people to use share bikes. d. Predict potential problems that might be caused by using electric bikes. EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE 9. Refer to the community wish list in section 10.8.1. Identify three items from the community wish list that you think are most needed in the area you live in. Justify your answer. 10. Discuss whether a bike-sharing scheme would be a viable option in your area. Justify your answer. Answers and sample responses for this topic are available online.
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