Land Use Change AOS1 U3

Question 1

Wallan location

Answer 1

Absolute; 37.4 degrees south and 145 degrees east

Relative; approximately 53km away from Melbourne CBD or a 50 minute to 1-hour car trip

Question 2

Wallan current land use

Answer 2

Residential/Commercial (Housing estates & Shops). Formally rural/agricultural.

Question 3

Wallan natural & human geographic characteristics

Answer 3

Rural flat country town which was predominately used for farming until residential growth occurred. Used for commercial/residential use in center with shops, travel routes, housing estates, schools, employment opportunities, etc.

Question 4

Reasons for Wallan land use change

Answer 4

population growth, location on urban growth boundary & in regards to other major towns, topography (flat land)

Question 5

Wallan Use of Geospatial Tech

Answer 5

GPS (Global Positioning System) portable electronic device used to accurately locate positions. It receives radio signals from multiple GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) satellites that orbit the earth to determine and indicate its position.

Question 6

Positive & Negative impacts of Wallan land use change

Answer 6

population growth, increased movement, increased employment and accessible facilities, erosion, more impervious surfaces affecting the water cycle, reduction of natural habitat, soil toxicity

Question 7

Wallan processes of change

Answer 7

Mitchell Shire Council Planning, earthworks to modify topography, soil tests and removal of contaminants, removal and planting of vegetation

Question 8

Wallan Primary source/Secondary source

Answer 8

Primary; Tally Counts (which involves gathering numbers of certain aspects of a particular site by looking at different areas within the site and adding them up, used to highlight the level of movement and transport within the town of Wallan)
Secondary; Geography Unit 3 Land Use Textbook (information in regards to the different types of land use and helps to provide a basic understanding of the topic)

Question 9

Land Use

Answer 9

Various ways humans use the land such as agricultural, industrial, residential, or recreational

Question 10

Brownfield

Answer 10

land development of industrial or contaminated sites

Question 11

Cadastre

Answer 11

record of ownership and value of property

Question 12

Greenfield

Answer 12

Land development of undeveloped conservation or agricultural sites

Question 13

Greyfield

Answer 13

smaller-scale cumulative infill development in residential areas where the building stock is near or ending its physical life and land values make redevelopment attractive

Question 14

infill development

Answer 14

The use of land within a built-up area for further construction

Question 15

land tenure

Answer 15

the way people own, occupy, and use land

Question 16

landsat satellite images

Answer 16

remotely sensed images of surface of the Earth

Question 17

LGA

Answer 17

Local Government areas

Question 18

marginal land

Answer 18

land with little or no agricultural or industrial value

Question 19

midden

Answer 19

A dunghill or refuse heap made by human activity

Question 20

monocentric city

Answer 20

a city with a single center of activity with the movement of people coming towards it

Question 21

monoculture

Answer 21

the cultivation of a single crop in a given area.

Question 22

urban renewal

Answer 22

land redevelopment and revitalisation of an existing urban area, often in the form of higher density mixed use development

Question 23

Polycentric/dispersed

Answer 23

Multiple centers of the city with movement of people dispersed

Question 24

composite

Answer 24

Multiple centers of the city with a single larger center.