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GEOGRAPHY K–10 - STAGE 5 CHANGING PLACES

Outcomes:

A student:

• explains processes and influences that form and transform places and environments (GE5-2)

• analyses the effect of interactions and connections between people, places and environments (GE5-3)

• assesses management strategies for places and environments for their sustainability (GE5-5)

• acquires and processes geographical information by selecting and using appropriate and relevant geographical tools for inquiry (GE5-7)

• communicates geographical information to a range of audiences using a variety of strategies (GE5-8)

Related Life Skills outcomes:

GELS-2, GELS-3, GELS-5, GELS-7, GELS-8

Key inquiry Questions

• Why has the world become more urbanised?

• How does migration impact on the concentration of people into urban places?

• How does urbanisation change environments and places?

• What strategies are used to manage environmental change in urban places to enhance sustainability?

Content

Urban settlement patterns

Students:

• investigate differences in urban settlement patterns between Australia and another country, for example: (ACHGK055)

• examination of urban settlements to determine patterns of concentration

• explanation of factors influencing urban concentration eg climate and topography, transportation networks, land use or perceptions of liveability

• assessment of the consequences of urban concentrations on the characteristics, liveability and sustainability of places

Australia’s urban future

Students:

• investigate the management and planning of Australia’s urban future, for example: (ACHGK059)

  • description of Australia’s projected population growth

  • discussion of the implication of population forecasts for the future growth and sustainability of urban places

  • explanation of strategies used to create economically, socially and environmentally sustainable urban places

  • proposal of ways for individuals and communities to contribute to a sustainable urban future

Stage 6 – Focus Area 8.3.2: Urban Places

Outcomes:

• H1 explains the changing nature, spatial patterns and interaction of ecosystems, urban places and economic activity

• H3 analyses contemporary urban dynamics and applies them in specific contexts

• H5 evaluates environmental management strategies in terms of ecological sustainability

• H6 evaluates the impacts of, and responses of people to, environmental change

• H12 explains geographical patterns, processes and future trends through appropriate case studies and illustrative examples

• H13 communicates complex geographical information, ideas and issues effectively, using appropriate written and/or oral, cartographic and graphic forms.

Students learn about:

• urban dynamics

  • the urban dynamics of change: suburbanisation, exurbanisation, counter urbanisation, decentralisation, consolidation, urban decay, urban renewal, urban village, spatial exclusion

  • case study showing one of the urban dynamics listed above, operating in a country town or suburb.

Students learn to use geographical skills and tools such as:

• describing patterns, linkages, networks and change, using maps of large cities and other urban areas

• constructing and interpreting choropleth maps

• synthesising and evaluating fieldwork data about the dynamics of change in a country town or suburb

• interpreting trends from logarithmic graphs