Geography / Year 8 / Geographical Knowledge and Understanding / Unit 2: Changing nations

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Reasons for, and effects of, internal migration in both Australia and China (ACHGK056)

Elaborations

identifying and explaining the main types, patterns and trends of internal migration in Australia (for example, employment, lifestyle and retirement migration)
examining the effects of resource development on employment growth in both the resource regions and the cities, and on internal migration in Australia
investigating the effects of the ‘fly-in fly-out’ phenomenon on resource-development places
explaining that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ population mobility reflects attachment to a number of places through family, Country/Place, dispossession, relocation and employment
identifying and explaining the patterns of temporary and permanent internal migration in China and the effects on the places of origin and destination
examining the role of labour migration in the urban development of China (for example, the growth of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province)
exploring the issues relating to China’s ‘floating population’
examining the environmental problems of China’s megacities (for example, air pollution in Beijing)

General capabilities

Critical and creative thinking

ScOT terms

Australia, Moving house, Population mobility

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