Unit 1
Activity 1
The lungs of London
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Public parks
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In a city where damp, gray days can seem to drag on interminably even in summer, London's playing fields and green spaces tend to teem with life whenever the weather cooperates. [...]
London is also one of the world's most expensive cities.
But its public parks and green spaces, often called “the lungs of London,” are free, places where all the city's nearly nine million residents – wherever they are and whoever they are – can go to relax and escape the city's pressures. [...]
Urban experts say the idea of the public park as a democratic space – in a cramped city with deep socioeconomic inequalities – stems from Victorian times, when campaigners fought for Londoners to have equitable access to green space for health reasons. Officials bought land and opened new public parks in this era, as British cities urbanized.
“There's a cultural expectation of access to green space,” said Meredith Whitten, a fellow at the London School of Economics, whose research focuses on the urban environment. Many Londoners, Dr. Whitten said, see parks as “an extension of their living room.” [...]
“If you live in a flat, you don't have the space – to have your barbecue, have your music, have your people around and cook food outside,” Mr. St Hill said. “Space where you can do your own thing is important.”
London is also one of the world's most expensive cities.
But its public parks and green spaces, often called “the lungs of London,” are free, places where all the city's nearly nine million residents – wherever they are and whoever they are – can go to relax and escape the city's pressures. [...]
Urban experts say the idea of the public park as a democratic space – in a cramped city with deep socioeconomic inequalities – stems from Victorian times, when campaigners fought for Londoners to have equitable access to green space for health reasons. Officials bought land and opened new public parks in this era, as British cities urbanized.
“There's a cultural expectation of access to green space,” said Meredith Whitten, a fellow at the London School of Economics, whose research focuses on the urban environment. Many Londoners, Dr. Whitten said, see parks as “an extension of their living room.” [...]
“If you live in a flat, you don't have the space – to have your barbecue, have your music, have your people around and cook food outside,” Mr. St Hill said. “Space where you can do your own thing is important.”
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Royal gardens
King George VI with Queen Elizabeth and their daughters, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret, Royal Lodge gardens, 1946.
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Private squares
Private garden entrance, London.
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Questions
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What are the differences between the three types of green spaces presented in the documents?
2
Find quotes showing the value of green spaces for Londoners.
3
Identify ways in which access to green spaces is unequal or restricted. What solutions are suggested?
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Background check
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Stand in a circle. One student says a keyword from the
documents. The next student repeats it and adds another.
Keep going until someone forgets or until the circle is complete!
Une erreur sur la page ? Une idée à proposer ?
Nos manuels sont collaboratifs, n'hésitez pas à nous en faire part.
j'ai une idée !
Oups, une coquille
