VCGGK096
Environmental and human influences on the location and characteristics of places and the management of spaces within them
Elaborations
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comparing how people have responded to climatic conditions in similar and different places and factors that may have influenced this such as culture and technology
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investigating the influence of landforms on the development of settlements that are involved in food and fibre production. For example, river valleys such as the Murray-Darling, Yellow (Huang He), Yangtze, Amazon, Mekong or Ganges
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explaining why most Australians live close to the coast rather than in inland Australia
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examining how the use of the space within their local place is organised through zoning
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investigating a current local planning issue, such as the redevelopment of a site, preservation of open space or subdivision of farming land, exploring why people have different views on the issue, and developing a class response to it
VCGGK096 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 5 and 6 | Geographical Knowledge | Factors that shape places and influence interconnections
