Geo 2 Flashcards
Push factor
Push factors: reasons that encourage people to leave a place and go somewhere else
Pull factors
Push factors: reasons that encourage people to leave a place and go somewhere else
Examples of push factors
War
Water stress
Unemployment
Examples pull factor
Employment Available resources (money's) Employment Relationships with other people (for example, wanting to be near family or moving for a partner’s job) Lifestyle.
What is urban decay
Urban decay: situation in which a city area has fallen into a state of disrepair through its people leaving the area or not having enough resources to look after them
Why would some people continue to live in decaying urban environment?
They are retired, local employment, invested in a property in the area or they can’t afford to move.
Why might some people move from an urban decaying areas?
There are better employment opportunities elsewhere, there might be local resources and other areas might offer different opportunities.
Define remote
Remote: describes a place that is distant from major population centres
Define sparsely
Sparse: thinly scattered or unevenly distributed; often used when referring to population density
What is a fly in fly out shift? (FIFO)
Fly in, fly out (FIFO): describes workers who fly to work in remote places, work 4-, 8- or 12-day shifts and then fly home
Why did soldier fail after world war 1?
Soldiers weren’t good for farming, the farms were too small and they didn’t have money to invest in their crops.
When were the soldier settlement settled?
From 1825 to 1850
How did settlement in Australia start?
The first region is a South-Eastern Coastal Sydney in 1825. It was next a 400km region around Sydney in about 1840 and later moved in a North-Westerly direction
What is irrigation?
water provided to crops and orchards by hoses, channels, sprays or drip systems in order to supplement rainfall
What is Horticulture?
Horticulture: the growing of garden crops such as fruit, vegetables, herbs and nuts
