In Geography this Semester we will look at:

Environmental Management and Change

Key Focus 1 – The human-induced environmental changes that challenge sustainability
Key Focus 2 – Urban environments: A comparative study of Australian and international eg’s

Geographies of Human Wellbeing

Key Focus 1 – Human Wellbeing
Key Focus 2 – Inequalities in Human Wellbeing
Key Focus 3 – Improving Human Wellbeing

Tuesday Week 1

8 groups of 3 to read from photocopy (Oxford Big Ideas – Geo 10, pp 6-12)

1Place Space

2Environment Interconnection

3Scale Change

4Place Environment

5Space Scale

6Interconnection Change

7Sustainability Environment

8Interconnection Sustainability

 Answer these questions for your two concepts:

What is it?

Different categories?

What do geographers study?

Why is this important?

Then, find someone who has a concept you need, and you have a concept they need. Share your answers. Discuss and clarify (go back to the handout if necessary)