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Unit 3: Land cover transformations Geography

This unit focuses on the changing biophysical cover of the earth’s surface, its impact on global climate and biodiversity, and the creation of anthropogenic biomes. In doing so, it examines the processes causing change in the earth’s land cover. These …

Unit 3: Land cover transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

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The impacts of land cover change on local and regional environments.

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The relationship between land cover change and climate change and the long-term impact of climate change on land cover.

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approaches to land cover restoration and rehabilitation, and the mitigation of future land cover changes, for example, debt-for-nature swaps and preservation strategies

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Geography

While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Geography varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Students …

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

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A local initiative designed to address the effects of global climate change on land cover.

Structure of Geography Geography

Units In Senior Secondary Geography, students develop their understanding about themes of immediate relevance to them and which have scope for application at a variety of scales, from the local to the global. There are four units: Unit 1: Natural and …

Structure of Geography | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

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The interrelationships between land cover change and climate change, for example, the impacts of land cover loss on surface reflectivity (albedo) and the process of natural carbon sequestration.

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The interrelationships between land cover change and biodiversity loss, for example, the processes of evolutionary diversification and species extinction and their implications for land cover in the future.

Rationale/Aims Geography

Rationale The study of Geography draws on students’ curiosity about the diversity of the world’s places and their peoples, cultures and environments. It enables students to appreciate the complexity of our world and the diversity of its environments, …

Rationale/Aims | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

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Human-generated land cover change and its consequences including: the competitive advantages of indigenous and introduced species; the balance within each of these groups; and the effects such changes might have on land cover changes and biodiversity …

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The identification and classification of land cover change using remotely sensed images and aerial photographs.

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The interpretation of data sourced from spatial technologies and fieldwork to explain the nature, rate, extent and consequences of land cover change.

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World population growth, growing affluence, advances in technology and their impact on the rate and extent of land cover change and biodiversity.

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Methods of projecting changes in land cover using spatial modelling, incorporating both environmental and socioeconomic variables.

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The effects of climate change on land cover, for example, vegetation, ice sheets, glaciers and coral reefs.

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Indigenous peoples’ land management practices and their impact on land cover over time including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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a program designed to address the issue of land cover change and its consequences at a local scale (for example, coast dune rehabilitation, urban zoning regulations)

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The evidence at Pompeii and Herculaneum for religious beliefs and practices, for example wall paintings, mosaics, statues and inscriptions

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The differences in the process of land cover change between countries due to factors such as government policy, institutional arrangements, land ownership, type of economy, ideology and culture, in addition to the range of physical factors.

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