GeoWorld 10 2015
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Transcript of GeoWorld 10 2015
GeoWorldGeoWorld1010A world of learning aboutpeople, places and environments
Written for the Australian Curriculum
The final instalment in the Geoworld series from Dr Susan Bliss will engage and support your Year 10s. GeoWorld offers a fresh approach to study and will equip students with geographical skills and general capabilities that can be applied in daily life as well as their studies.
Inquiry-based activities help students appreciate different perspectives in environmental change and geographies of well being, and develop an understanding of ethical research principles and critical thinking.
• powerful images and succinct introductions designed to hook students’ attention
• easy-to-use double-page spreads with vivid images, maps and creative infographics
• activities to extend or support individual students
Features:
New for 2015
Comprehensive digital support is available for both teachers and students.
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between
vehicles
Loop occupancyIn-road sensors
SCATS
controller
ISBN 978 1 4202 3268 4
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GeoWorld 10: Australian Curriculum
7.7 Managing urban
environments
Sustainable cities meet the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs. Environments
need to provide materials (source function), absorb
pressures placed on them (sink function), provide
services such as clean water and renewable soil
(service function), and provide opportunities for
recreational, psychological, aesthetic and spiritual
opportunities (spiritual function). The UN Human
Development Report (HDR) states that sustainability
is inextricably linked to fairness and justice, such as
greater access to a better quality of life. Cities need
to be effective and efficient, maintain equity, and
minimise environmental impacts and EFs.
In order to be sustainable, communities must use
non-renewable resources sustainably, enhance the
environment and promote social cohesion.
Role of geographic information systems
A geographic information system (GIS) enables urban
planners to visualise relationships and create ‘what
if’ scenarios. It is used to design city infrastructure
and manage the everyday running of a city. Traffic
control planners use GIS to create maps that analyse
current road accidents, traffic patterns and alternative
routes to motorways. GIS and Google Earth are
essential planning tools that can be used extensively
from selection of a city site through to comparing
urban areas in different countries.
7.7.2 GIS is used in Sydney to control traffic
NSW Roads and Maritime Services
Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic Systems (SCATS) is a
traffic-based control system that uses GIS to respond to
changes in Sydney’s traffic flow by:
• adjusting traffic signal green time
• varying electronic message signs
• detecting and responding to incidents
• implementing variable speed limits with flashing signs
• using highway advisory radio frequencies
• displaying advisory
travel times
• using signal timing
in traffic lanes.
In-road sensors
supply the local
SCATS controller with
traffic flow data,
including vehicle size
and the space
between vehicles.
Source: Alisdair Rae
7.7.1 New York is using technology and efficient GIS (in 2D and 3D) to work towards sustainability
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Visually engaging page design
Highly illustrated with images, maps and infographics
Differentiated activities sum up learning
Geolinks indicate online support
Self-contained lesson in each double page spread
Unit 1: Environmental Change and Management 1. Human-induced environmental change challenges sustainability2. Human-induced climate change and
environmental management3. Marine resources and management 4. Coastal environments5. Inland water and management6. Land degradation and management7. Urban environments and management
Unit 2: Geographies of Human Wellbeing 8. Human wellbeing: measurement and mapping9. Rich and poor: spatial variations between and within countries 10. Spatial variations: India and Australia 11. Development issues affect wellbeing 12. Improved wellbeing for millions of people
Year 10 Contents
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