VCGGK119
Human causes of landscape degradation, the effects on landscape quality and the implications for places
Elaborations
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analysing the effects of erosion and sedimentation produced by human activities on landscape quality, including farming and recreation
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examining the effects of mining and quarrying, and urban development, on landscape quality and how this affects places
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describing the effects of river regulation, including dams, locks, channel straightening and drains, on riverine and wetland landscape quality
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investigating the effects on coastal landscape quality of the built elements of places. For example, urban development, marinas and sea walls
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investigating the ways introduced plants or animals or activities such as mining affect landscape quality and examining the effects on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
VCGGK119 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Knowledge | Landforms and landscapes
