Oxford Insight Geography AC for NSW Stage 5 9780190305048

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Skills checklist
Using Oxford Insight Geography
NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: Geography Stage 5 – Scope and sequence
THE GEOGRAPHER’S TOOLKIT
GT.1 Geographical concepts
Place
Space
Environment
Interconnection
Scale
Sustainability
Change
GT.2 Geographical inquiry skills
Acquiring geographical information
Processing geographical information
Communicating geographical information
GT.3 Geographical tools
Maps
Graphs and statistics
Spatial technologies and visual representations
Fieldwork
UNIT 1: SUSTAINABLE BIOMES
CHAPTER 1: INVESTIGATING BIOMES
1.1 What are the main characteristics that differentiate the world’s biomes?
1.2 How do people use and alter biomes for food production?
CHAPTER 2: FOOD SECURITY: FEEDING A HUNGRY WORLD
2.1 Can the world’s biomes sustainably feed the world’s population?
2.2 What are the environmental challenges to food production?
2.3 What strategies can be used to increase global food security?
UNIT 2: CHANGING PLACES
CHAPTER 3: URBANISATION: LIFE IN DIFFERENT CITIES
3.1 Why has the world become more urbanised?
3.2 How does urbanisation change environments and places?
3.3 What strategies are used to manage environmental change in urban places to enhance sustainability?
CHAPTER 4: MIGRATION: PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
4.1 How does internal migration impact on the concentration of people into urban places?
4.2 How does international migration impact on the concentration of people into urban places?
UNIT 3: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 5: ENVIRONMENTS
5.1 How do environments function?
CHAPTER 6: CHANGING AND MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT
6.1 How do people’s worldviews affect their attitudes to and use of environments?
6.2 What are the causes and consequences of change in environments and how can this change be managed?
CHAPTER 7: INVESTIGATIVE STUDY: COASTAL CHANGE AND MANAGEMENT
7.1 Why is an understanding of environmental processes and interconnections essential for sustainable management of coastal environments?
7.2 What are the causes and consequences of environmental change?
7.3 How can coastal changes be managed?
UNIT 4: HUMAN WELLBEING
CHAPTER 8: GEOGRAPHIES OF HUMAN WELLBEING
8.1 What makes human wellbeing a geographical issue?
8.2 How can the spatial variations in human wellbeing and development be measured and explained?
CHAPTER 9: IMPROVING INEQUALITIES IN WELLBEING
9.1 What are the economic, social and environmental impacts of variations in development and wellbeing?
9.2 How do governments, groups and individuals respond to inequalities in development and human wellbeing for a sustainable future?
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements

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