ACTION PLANNING

Understanding the Task

What is the research question? (if you need to develop one, do that here)
What makes Copenhagen a Sustainable City?
Describe the task in a sentence or two.
In this task, I will be making an advertisement on Copenhagen to demonstrate how it is a sustainable
city, and why it is termed as a sustainable city. The product will be a poster or a Weebly
What will you need to submit for marking?
I will need to submit a Weebly WHY? showing how Copenhagen, Denmark is a sustainable city, and what
made it earn its status. The weebly will include the Action Plan.
Deadline:
September 18th, 2014
Organising
What steps are there?
1. Read the task sheet, understand what the task asks you to do
2. Start filling out the action plan
3. Start researching on Copenhagen, and how it is a sustainable city. (finish by 14th of september)
4. Reflect what I have done with the rubric.
5. Start designing my weebly, and transfer all my research into the weebly.
6. Transfer it to the Weebly (17 september) - Reflect?
What resources/materials will you need?
The internet, laptop, link to weebly
Research
What do I need to find out?
What makes Copenhagen a sustainable city?
Where will I look for information?
Mostly on the internet:
wikipedia, Copenhagen official site, Online encyclopaedias etc.
List your sources here and make a brief note for each (primary/secondary, usefulness, OPVL, etc.).
Research Notes
- People rely mostly on bicycles to get around, as it does not pollute, and also has on of the most
efficient biking system, often referred to as the bicycle superhighway.
- 40% of the population uses bicycles as their main mode of transportation.
- They have reduced the amount of cars people used, and increased public transportation with good fuel
efficiency.
- 20% of the city relies on wind power, and they plan to make that 50% by 2020
- They plan to add another 100 wind turbines
- This can create a lot more jobs for people, and could help the city economically.
- They plan on making the whole country carbon neutral by 2025
- 15 years ago, the Copenhagens harbour was very polluted, and no one ever thought of swimming in
the harbour, as there were over 100 overflow pipes that fed wastewater into the harbour. Now, they
changed the whole system, with reservoirs, and the overflow pipes only open when there is heavy rain.
- This has helped the city economically, as a lot more people live near the harbour, and the prices for the
flats have increased by 50%-100%.
- only 2% of waste is sent to landfills. The rest is used as heat for people, using the incinerators.
- 60% of waste is recycled, and each item is seperated into their own bin: compost, plastic, metal, glass
etc.
- 30% of the city is heated by biomass, which is the most used source of heat.
- most of the city is cooled by water below 10C, which saves electricity used from air conditioners
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Sources and OPVL:
http://subsite.kk.dk/sitecore/content/Subsites/CityOfCopenhagen/SubsiteFrontpage/Business/~/
media/9E5C396089DA478D906A77C16C52F3AF.ashx
O-This website is a pdf from the main website for Copenhagen that informs people of the
P- The website is there to educate and inform people of the customs and technology in Copenhagen,
and how Copenhagen is being sustainable
V-This is a valuable source because it is the main website of Copenhagen, and all the information is
from information directly collected from their census
L- They could hide information on anything that they do not do well, to convince people that they are the
best
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/tackling-climate-change-copenhagen-sustainable-
city-design
O-A newspaper website based in Britain
P- To talk about news and recent events, and in this case, talk about how other cities, such as
Copenhagen, is being sustainable, and how other cities can learn from this
V- Can provide a lot of information, and additional insight that isnt provided from other sources.
L- Could give bias information
http://www.c40.org/case_studies/98-of-copenhagen-city-heating-supplied-by-waste-heat
O- A website dedicated to showing climate change and solutions to help this problem
P- To show information on technology used by Copenhagen to make the city sustainable.
V- Gives a lot of information on how things work, and also very helpful for researching sustainable
solutions
L- Could hide information about cons of the topic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen#2000_to_present
O- Wikipedia
P- To give information on Copenhagen, such as history and other info
V- Has a lot of information and is very detailed
L- Can be edited by anyone, and could have inaccurate information
Bibliography
"C40: 98% of Copenhagen City Heating Supplied by Waste Heat." C40. N.p., n.d. Web. 17
Sept. 2014.
"Copenhagen Solutions for Sustainable Cities." N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.
"Copenhagen." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2014.
"Tackling Climate Change: Copenhagen's Sustainable City Design." N.p., n.d. Web. 18
Sept. 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsustainable-business
%2Ftackling-climate-change-copenhagen-sustainable-city-design>.
Final Evaluation
List the steps
below: Things that went well Things that need
improvement
Ways of improving