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Elaboration ACHGK059

examining the forecasts for the size of Australia’s major cities and regional urban centres, and discussing the implications for their environmental sustainability and liveability

Elaboration (1) ACHGK059

investigating ways of managing the projected growth of Australia’s cities and regional urban centres

Elaboration (2) ACHGK059

exploring the arguments for and against a more balanced distribution of the urban population

Elaboration (3) ACHGK059

generating ideas on how to decentralise Australia's urban population using Canberra as an example

Elaboration ACHGS055

developing questions on an area of focus in the geographical knowledge and understanding strand (for example, about types of landforms or reasons for urban settlements)

Elaboration (1) ACHGS055

developing questions about the significance of a spatial distribution (for example, the positive and negative effects of the spatial concentration of population in Australia)

Elaboration (2) ACHGS055

planning an investigation of the processes responsible for the geographical phenomenon being studied, at a range of scales (for example, the causes and consequences of urbanisation)

Elaboration (3) ACHGS055

using a range of methods including digital technologies to plan and conduct an information search about reasons for and effects of internal migration in Australia

gathering relevant data from a range of primary sources (for example, from observation and annotated field sketches, surveys and interviews, or photographs) about the ways to protect significant landscapes

Elaboration (1) ACHGS056

collecting geographical information from secondary sources (for example, topographic maps, thematic maps, compound column graphs and population pyramids, reports, census data, digital images and the media)

Elaboration (2) ACHGS056

conducting ethical research methods, including the use of protocols for consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Elaboration ACHGS057

constructing tables and graphs of demographic or economic data for Australia or China

Elaboration (1) ACHGS057

creating annotated diagrams to show a landscape and its landforms

Elaboration ACHGS058

developing a statistical map to show demographic or economic data for Australia or China, or show the cultural and demographic diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples using mapping software

Elaboration (1) ACHGS058

creating a map showing geomorphological features by using data from Geoscience Australia, or demographic statistics from census data, using a spatial technologies application

Elaboration (2) ACHGS058

using the Global Positioning System (GPS) to make a map of the features of a landform

Elaboration (3) ACHGS058

creating a map showing geomorphological features, incorporating traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander names for these where known

Elaboration ACHGS059

analysing spatial distributions to infer relationships and suggest possible causes and effects

Elaboration (1) ACHGS059

using digital mapping tools to map the cultural and demographic diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Elaboration (2) ACHGS059

interpreting topographic maps and digital terrain models, cross-sections or block diagrams to investigate landforms and their features

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