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Elaboration ACHGK037

classifying resources into renewable, non-renewable and continuous resources, and investigating examples of each type

Elaboration ACHGK040

investigating the causes of water scarcity (for example, an absolute shortage of water (physical), inadequate development of water resources (economic), or the ways water is used)

discussing the advantages and disadvantages of strategies to overcome water scarcity (for example, recycling (‘grey water’), stormwater harvesting and re-use, desalination, inter-regional transfer of water and trade in virtual water, and reducing water …

Elaboration (2) ACHGK040

examining why water is a difficult resource to manage and sustain (for example, because of its shared and competing uses and variability of supply over time and space)

Elaboration (4) ACHGK040

investigating land use management practices that have adversely affected water supply, such as land clearing and some farming practices

Elaboration (2) ACHGK045

investigating the concept of environmental quality and surveying the environmental quality of their local area and its effect on liveability

Elaboration ACHGK046

discussing the different types of places where people can feel included or excluded, safe or threatened, and evaluating how this affects perceptions about liveability of places

Elaboration (1) ACHGK046

investigating the extent to which people in their place are socially connected or socially isolated and its effect on liveability

Elaboration (2) ACHGK047

discussing the impact of housing density on the liveability of places

Elaboration (3) ACHGK047

examining whether liveability and environmental sustainability can be enhanced at the same time

Elaboration (1) ACHGS049

creating an annotated diagram to show: how water flows through the environment and connects places; or the influence of environmental quality on the liveability of places

Elaboration ACHGS052

reviewing the results of an analysis to propose an answer to an inquiry question, using as an organiser at least one of the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale or change

Elaboration ACHGS053

presenting a report, supported by graphic representations, to communicate a reasoned argument (for example, to propose actions to ensure future water security)

Elaboration (1) ACHGS054

proposing actions to respond to geographical issues related to environmental and economic sustainability (for example, ensuring a sustainable supply of water, after considering the possible outcomes for different groups)

Elaboration ACHGK051

analysing the effects of erosion and sedimentation produced by human activities, including farming and recreation, on landscape quality

Elaboration (1) ACHGK051

examining the effects of mining and quarrying, and urban development, on landscape quality

Elaboration (2) ACHGK051

describing the effects of river regulation including dams, locks, channel straightening and drains, on riverine and wetland landscape quality

Elaboration (3) ACHGK051

investigating the effects of the built elements of environments (for example, urban development, marinas and sea walls) on coastal landscape quality

Elaboration ACHGK052

identifying different views about the value of particular environments (for example, recreational, psychological, aesthetic and spiritual), and about the nature and extent of their protection, and discussing how this links to ideas about environmental …

Elaboration (1) ACHGK052

investigating a significant landscape that is threatened by human activities and developing a proposal for the future of the landscape that takes account of the views of the diverse groups, including traditional owners, with an interest in its use or …

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