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
Week 1
8 groups of 3 to read from photocopy (Oxford Big Ideas – Geo 10, pp 6-12)
1 Place Space
2 Environment Interconnection
3 Scale Change
4 Place Environment
5 Space Scale
6 Interconnection Change
7 Sustainability Environment
8 Interconnection Sustainability
Answer these questions for your two conceptsin the table above:
- What is it?
- Does this concept have different categories?
- What do geographers study in relation to this concept?
- Why is this concept 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)
Always learning 