Land Use Change - 1 Flashcards
Define land use.
Provide examples of land uses relevant to sunbury.
The purpose to which land cover is committed.
Dwellings: sherwood Recreational areas: Reading cinema Industrial areas: Goonawarra winery Nature Protection areas: Holden Flora and Fauna reserve. Cultivated lands: Goonawarra vineyard Transport routes: Gap Rd, Calder freeway
List at least 5 different NATURAL geographic characteristics of Sunbury.
Jacksons Creek. Emu Creek. Emu Bottom wetlands reserve. Mount Holden. Western Victorian Volcanic Plains. Evans street wildflower reserve.
Define periurban
The rural—urban transition zone where urban and rural uses mix and often clash.
Describe the interconnection of Sunbury with its surrounding region.
Sunbury is a ‘Principle Activity Centre’ (PAC). It provides services and infrastructure to the local population of approx. 38,000 people (2011 census).
Sunbury belongs to the LGA of the City of Hume, which is apart of Melbourne’s northern growth corridor.
The transport routes; Sunbury Metro railway line, The Western Ring Road, and the Calder Freeway are vital routes in Sunbury’s interconnection with its surrounding region. They enable Sunbury residents to travel inwards Melbourne for either work, recreation, and etc.
List the reason for Sunbury’s land use change.
In December 2008, the Victorian Government released a report entitled Melbourne @ 5 million. The report detailed the need to accomodate an additional 600,000 new dwellings over the next 20 years within a revised Urban Growth Boundary UGB.
In August 2010, the Victorian government confirmed changes to the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) in Melbourne. These changes affected Sunbury, making it an Urban Growth Zone, in turn releasing further land for development.
State the conditions of Sunbury which earmarked it for an urban growth zone.
Sunbury was relatively flat, mostly comprised of cultivated land.
The prexistance of a railway line through Sunbury and its major transport routes such as the Calder and Tullamarine freeways.
