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Year 7 Geography

Place and Liveability - Lesson 3

Environmental Factors for Liveability

Factors

Landforms

Natural resources

Climate change

Natural hazards

Environmental degradation

Indigneous/Cultural reasons

Landforms

Landforms impact people's decision to live in a place.

For example, someone may choose to live in a place that has mountains because they like rockclimbing or live next to a National Park as they like to explore the bush.

Some people choose the live away from landforms such as rivers due to the potential for flooding. Others will not live near volcanoes for fear they can erupt.

I like reefs and marinelife, so I would like to live near the Great Barrier Reef.

Natural resources

Natural resources are needed for everyday life and provide jobs in industries such as energy.

Natural resources include water, oil, natural gas, soil, air, sunlight and metals.

Miners would prefer to live near oil, gas and coal mines for employment. However, some people against these 'dirty' forms of energy may choose to live elsewhere given the pollution it may cause and how it can impact someone's health.

Farmers need to live where there is good soil and water in order to grow crops and sell their produce.

Climate change

Higher temperatures is causing people to move.

In Summer Penrith often has multiple days above 40 degrees celsius and residents are moving due to heat stress.

Parts of Africa are becoming hotter and drier causing water issues. These people are known as climate refugees and move to unfamiliar places for access to water and a cooler climate.

Climate change also causes higher incidents of natural hazards, such as bushfires due to harsher heat exposure.

Natural hazards

Natural hazards include floods, droughts, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, landslides, fires and asteroid impacts.

Parts of Western Sydney lie on a floodplain. Residents choose to remain in such locations given a likelihood they will only flood every 1 in 20 years or every 1 in 100 years. Some live on floodplains due to affordability.

Parts of Queensland face cyclones which cause large-scale damage to property.

Natural hazards

Environmental degradation

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution.

Air pollution impacts people's health. Many people live in the Blue Mountains due to its environment, but the community is angered over the pollution that will occur when the Western Sydney Airport begins flights. Blue Mountains residents may move due to the pollution and disturbance of the surrounding environment from planes.

Soil quality impacts farmers abilities to grow crops. As does water availability.

Indigenous and cultural reasons

Indigenous people have sacred sites and need to perform ceremonies at these sites. Therefore, Indigenous people must live near or at particular environmental landforms and places in order to preserve and carry out their culture and beliefs.

Uluru is more than just a rock, it is a living cultural landscape that of which is considered sacred to the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara people. These people of the land are the traditional owners and guardians of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. This special place carries great spiritual and cultural significance for these local indigenous tribes with over 40 sacred aboriginal sites and eleven Tjurkurpa or Dreaming trails present in the area.

Some areas of the park including areas around Uluru /Ayers Rock and Kata Tjuta / Mount Olga are considered sacred to the Anangu people. They may not be visited, filmed or photographed out of respect for their culture. While visitors are encouraged to learn about and visit this special place they are asked to respect the traditions and culture of the indigenous people.

Mindmap

Activity

Topics:

1) NSW Floods 2021 - Mid-North Coast

2) NSW Summer 2019/2020 bushfires

3) Hurricane Katrina

4) Millennium Drought

5) PFAS at Williamstown

6) Urban heat effect - Penrith

1. What is the weather event/issue?

2. Why has/does it occur?

3. What is the impact on residents and/or communities?

4. What has been/is being done to assist residents and communities?

5. Why do people live in the location where the event/issue ocurred?

6. Would your group avoid living in this location if the event/issue could occur again? Why?

Ensure there is a labeled map of where the issue/event has ocurred. Use Google Maps for this.

Provide pictures of before and after issue/event.

Get information from articles including ABC News Online and other good sources.

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