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Geography / Year 10 / Geographical Knowledge and Understanding / Unit 1: Environmental change and management

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Curriculum content descriptions

The application of geographical concepts and methods to the management of the environmental change being investigated (ACHGK074)

Elaborations

discussing the influence of people’s world views on programs for the management of the environmental change being investigated
proposing geographical management strategies for the environmental change being investigated (for example, establishing reserves and corridors to preserve biodiversity (a spatial strategy), ecosystem-based management (an environmental strategy), urban planning to reduce energy consumption (a spatial strategy), and addressing underlying as well as immediate causes of environmental change (holistic thinking))
comparing strategies in Australia and another country to manage the environmental change being investigated
exploring the variety of solutions to similar environmental changes in different places
discussing how land management agencies are increasingly working with traditional owners to manage environmental change and challenges

General capabilities

Critical and creative thinking

Cross-curriculum priorities

Sustainability

ScOT terms

Environmental management

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