1. Without looking at the definition in our glossary, try to define community in your own words first, then check if your definition fits the bill. 2. Construct a mental map of your journey to school and identify the key elements of the local area. In other words: What kind of agricultural, commercial, industrial, recreational and/ or cultural activities/ buildings/ areas do you come across? Try to split them up with the above sub-headings. (Note: If you are a boarder, use key elements from your hometown or alternatively think about your journey from school to the Esplanade.) 3. Open Google Earth and find the settlement and suburb you are living in, then do the following: a) Make a screen shot, copy it into a Word document and crop it as necessary/ appropriate. (Note: Don't make your image too small or too big in scale, otherwise this will be a difficult task.) b) In Google Earth go to 'Layers' (left bottom), then 'Primary Database' and make sure 'Places' is selected. There should be now grey fields on the map, which will tell you the name of different places, such as schools, businesses, bus stops etc. you will need to label your map with. You can use different symbols and textboxes or you can use arrows to show where these agricultural, commercial, industrial, recreational and/ or cultural activities/ buildings/ areas are. c) Add your cartographic conventions! The easiest way to recall those is to think about the acronym BOLTSS:
Border
Orientation/ compass
Legend/ key (clearly labelled with a title)
Title (in UPPER CASE)
Scale
Source (author and date)
d) Make a list which of those activities/ buildings/ areas are agricultural, commercial, industrial, recreational and/ or cultural; then answer the following: Which main activities does your suburb have? Why do you think this is the case?
1. Click on the link '2011 Census QuickStats' below, have a look at Cairns' demographic characteristics and answer the following questions: a) What is our current population? b) Is there more males or females? What is the difference? Can you think about reasons why this might be the case in Cairns? c) What is the median age in Cairns? Why would the median age be of importance e.g. for the Council? d) How many children do Cairns' people have in average? How would this influence town planning?
2. Still using the link '2011 Census QuickStats' below, change the statistics to Cairns North, then to Portsmith and do the following: a) Make a table comparing the following statistical data for the suburbs of Cairns North and Portsmith: People; median age; families; average children per families; country of birth for Australia (in percentage; under 'People' section); median family income (only families without children; under 'Families' section); flat, unit or apartment and other dwelling (under 'Dwellings' section). (Note: Use 'State suburb' if there is more than one selection for the suburb you are looking at.) b) What are the main differences when looking at these suburbs and their statistics? c) Imagine you are a town planner and have been asked to develop one place/ activity/ area in each suburb in order to enhance liveability in Cairns, what would that be for each of those suburbs? Explain why this would make more social, economical, environmental and/or political sense than what you are planning for the other suburb.
3. Click on the link 'Cairns: Region Data Summary', then on the sub-section 'Population&People' and do the following: a) Use the data from 2015 to draw a population pyramid for Cairns. You can use the attached graph paper to make it easier. (Note: You can look up how to draw a population pyramids in our skills section.) b) Describe the population in Cairns in 2015 using a TEEL structure and the correct terminology (from the PowerPoint in our skills section; e.g. is it a contracting, a stable population pyramid etc.?). 4. Using the link 'Population Pyramid Australia', do the following: a) In a TEEL paragraph, compare Cairns' population pyramid to Australia's population pyramid in 2015. Make sure you mention, what the similarities and differences are. b) Looking at the projected change of population between 2017 and 2061, answer: What will our government have to plan for looking at those changes? (Note: You can use the attached document 'Task 3.2, 4' if you can't open the link for this task.)
1. Explain the difference between an urban and rural settlement, and provide one example each. 2. What factors, services etc. would make a place urban rather than rural? List as many as you can think about. 3. Click on the link 'Families in regional, rural and remote Australia' and answer the following: a) Looking at 'Figure 1 Geographic remoteness in Australia': What are the five remoteness structures in Australia called? Which classification is used for Cairns? b) What percentage of our population is living in our major cities in comparison to in remote and very remote areas? Why would this be important information for our government when looking at town planning for example? c) What other information can you gain from the statistics and graphs on this website, which would give you an idea about possible services needed in particular areas (such as major cities for example)? Provide two concrete examples and explain them. 4. Click on the link 'Increasing urban population' and answer the following: a) How many people are living in urban areas nowadays and what are the predictions for the future? b) What are the challenges the previous statistics are posing for us humans and/or governments around the world? Provide at least two examples and explain them.
1. What is 'liveability'? Explain it in your own words and then list all indicators (from the text and image of our main page, and from the links in the last task) which you need to consider when determining the liveability of a settlement. 2. Copy the extended metabolism model into your notebook (yes, copy it as it will be in your short response test at the end of the term) and try to explain it in your own words. 3. What are some of the inputs and/ or outputs our school could improve in/on? Provide at least two concrete examples.
Open the attached Pdf (from our Oxford Australian Curriculum Atlas, p. 58/59) and answer the following: 1. List all the most liveable cities and the countries they are in. Is there a trend and/or any anomaly you can determine? 2. List all the least liveable cities and the countries they are in. Is there a trend and/or any anomaly you can determine? 3. Look at the map showing the 'Most liveable and least liveable countries and cities' and therefore, at the quality of infrastructure (see legend). a) Which continents seem to have the best developed infrastructure? Which continents seem to need improvement? b) What reasons can you think about, why this differences exist? Make a list. 4. List the 10 safest and the 10 most dangerous countries and cities from the map called 'Safest and most dangerous countries and cities'. What is the trend here? What would you consider an anomaly? 5. Compare the maps about 'Best and worst health care countries and cities' and 'Best and worst education opportunities countries and cities' and describe the relationship between the two. Are there any anomalies?
As we have seen in the task before, Melbourne is number 1 in the ranking of most liveable cities, therefore we will have a closer look at why this is the case. 1. Watch the three short YouTube clips below and answer: a) What are the five factors being used in order to determine the liveability of a settlement? b) What did town planners do to improve Melbourne's liveability? Provide as many examples as you can. c) Do you think Melbourne's status as most liveable city in the world is justified? Explain your answer. 2. Watch the 13minute clip 'Place and liveability: Improving liveability' on Clickview and try to answer the questions on the worksheet 'Crime, safety and liveability' below, about how we can improve liveability. 3. Let's now have a look at two different suburbs in Melbourne, their similarities, differences and liveability factors, therefore watch the 12minute clip 'Place and liveability: Crime, safety and liveability' on Clickview and try to answer the questions in the worksheet 'Crime, safety and liveability' below, about how different suburbs draw different demographics into living there. 4. Open the two Pdfs called 'Melbourne' and 'Dhaka' below. Compare and contrast the differences between the most and the least liveable city and therefore answer: What are the factors that make Melbourne the most and Dhaka the least liveable city? 5. Open the Pdf called 'Europe'. Look at the three cities mentioned here and do the following: a) Describe for each one of them how they improved liveability in the city. b) Do you think these ideas would work for Cairns and as a consequence should be integrated in Cairns in the future? Explain your answer. c) Can you think of examples where some of the ideas in the question above have been already done in Cairns?
1. Use the link 'Ecological Footprint Calculator' to work out your own ecological footprint and do the following: a) Make a note what your ecological footprint is. b) Make suggestions how you could reduce your ecological footprint. 2. Use the link 'Ecological Wealth of Nations' and answer the following: a) What are the five countries with the highest ecological footprint per capita (in global hectares)? (Note: Scroll down to the list.) b) What are the five countries with the lowest ecological footprint per capita (in global hectares)? c) Do the figures in the last two questions surprise you? Explain your answer. 3. Watch the 27minute documentary 'Global Energy and Carbon- Tracking Our Footprint' below and answer the following: a) Which family's ecological footprint is the lowest? Why is this the case? Provide concrete examples what they are or aren't doing in comparison to the other families. b) Which family's ecological footprint is the highest? Why is this the case? Provide concrete examples what they are or aren't doing in comparison to the other families. c) Which family has the best quality of life? Or in different words, which family is living in the more liveable place? Explain your answer.
Sustainability is very important in our day and age, and it is a term used everywhere, but why is it actually needed? In order to find out, follow the link below, examine the statistical data and answer the following: 1. By how much did our population grow since the 1800s? Which events, technologies and/ or innovations made this growth possible and maybe necessary? 2. Describe the spatial distribution of our population as can be seen on the map called 'World population map'. Don't forget to mention any anomalies. 3. Look at the ‘Current World population by age and sex for 2017-07-19’. It shows that there are more males being born (and more male children) but the number for retired males (from 65+) is much lower than for females. What reasons could there be for this turnout? Explain your answer. 4. Describe the trend and any anomalies in the graph called 'Childrens per woman'. Why do women tend to have less and less children? Is this a beneficial trend for our planet? Explain your answer. 5. Look at the graph called 'Life expectancy at birth'. What reasons are there for this trend? 6. Look at our birth and death rates at the bottom of the page; are more children being born or more people dying? Why would that be important for future planning? 7. After looking at these statistical data, what are the main areas, services and/ or facilities, councils and governments would have to plan for in the future? Provide and explain at least two specific examples.
1. Explain the difference between liveability and sustainability. 2. Copy the Venn diagram of the three stages of sustainability into your notebook. Which stage would you consider the most difficult to achieve. Explain your answer. 3. Would you consider Cairns to be a sustainable city? Do some research, if you are unsure, and explain your answer. 4. Follow the link 'Banking on the rainforest' and explain in a few sentences what the problem is in the Amazon Rainforest. What would people have to do in order to improve its sustainability? 5. Follow the link 'Textile industry' and explain in a few sentences what the challenges are in Dhaka, India. What would people have to do in order to improve Dhaka's sustainability? 6. Follow the link 'Poorest slums' and have a look at the pictures. Why do you think the children in the picture are still looking happy? 7. Follow the link 'Green TV' below to find out more about sustainable solutions. Pick one innovation and explain in your own words what is sustainable about it and if you think it would work on a big scale in urban settlements.
1. In 2015, the United Nations set out 17 sustainable development goals to ensure the future of our planet. One of them is looking especially at sustainable cities and communities. Therefore, follow the link 'Sustainable development goals' below, click on ’11 Sustainable cities and communities’ and answer/ do the following: a) Summarize the key facts, why change is needed. b) Which target do you consider as the most important and the least important one? Explain your answer. c) Choose one target and explain in all detail how you- as a town planner- could achieve this goal. 2. Click on the link 'Resilient cities' and do the following: a) What does resilience mean here? What should Australian cities do? b) What are the changes mentioned in this page in order for us to become more resilient?
Watch the 44minute Clickview called 'Four Corners- The fastest changing place on Earth'. Then, explain in a TEEL paragraph how and why China is changing and what needs to be done in order to ensure liveability and sustainability.
As sustainability becomes an integral part of every community, Arcadis developed a Sustainable Cities Index for 2016, ranking 100 global cities on the dimensions: Social, environmental and economic; which they call people, planet and profit, as can be seen in the link below. Therefore, do/ find out the following: 1. Explain what is included in each of the three dimensions. 2. Which city is the most sustainable overall? Which city is the least sustainable? 3. Pick two cities which interest you and compare how they are doing in the different sub-dimensions, such as e.g. education, income inequalities etc. The best way to see the differences and similarities is by using a table to compare them. Once finished, explain in a TEEL paragraph why one of them is more sustainable than the other city.