LUC at Fieldwork Site (AOS_1) Flashcards
1
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Location
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- 642 Nepean Highway, Carrum, 3197
- Lat: 38.07899°S
- Long: 145.12620°E
- Melbourne’s South Eastern suburbs, a 1 hour and 15 minute drive from the CBD
- approx. 100 meters from Port Phillip Bay
- approx. 500 meters from Patterson River
- Carrum region has a population of approx. 3,980
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Geographical Characteristics
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- Patterson River
- Port Phillip Bay
- Carrum Beach
- Nepean Highway
- Station St
- Frankston Train Line
- Carrum Station
- Shops/Businesses
- Housing
- Flat Land
3
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Interconnection with Surrounding Area
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- Connected through a main road (Thompson Road)
- Acts as a gateway to the beach
- Similar topography as surrounding region
4
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Secondary Source
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- Topographic maps
- Online articles- Herald Sun and Domain
- Level crossing removal project website
- Reports from LXRA
5
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Fieldwork Techniques
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- Photos
- Traffic count
- Sketch
- Survey
- Interview
6
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Negative Impact- Economic Activity
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- Businesses have closed down due to lack of customers
- Whole foreshore project in costing $8 million
- 50% said the changes currently affect their business (“noise, dust, and traffic”)
7
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Negative Impact- Environment
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- Trees and vegetation removed
- Temporary increase in pollution at fieldwork site
8
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Negative Impact- Social Conditions
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- Locals concerned with future cost
- Locals worried about increase in visitors - Potential difficulties for access to beach
- 25% said the changes at 642 Nepean Hwy affect them, 75% said no (“traffic”, “longer wait time for bus”)
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Positive Impacts- Economic activity
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- Increase in profit for region
- Increase in income for local businesses
- Increase in employment
- Promotes economic growth and development
- 100% of businesses said the changes will be a benefit once completed
10
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Positive Impacts- Environment
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- More vegetation
- Native species
- Increase biodiversity
- Sustainability
11
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Positive Impacts- Social Conditions
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- Connects Carrum
- Attract more people (“attract people”)
- Population increase
- Traffic flow (“hopefully traffic flows more freely”)
- Better access
- Community space (87% said they would visit the new recreational centre/cafe/water park)
- 100% said the changes would have positive impacts on the future of Carrum
12
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Land use: past and current
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Past: - Residential (House) - Vacant Land Current: - Commercial/office space (during LUC) - Recreation (splash park and open space) - Commercial (café)
13
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Reasons for change
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- Site was dark and sketchy
- Locals did not feel safe
- New site will be open, monitored and well-lit making it more popular
- Previous building were old and unsafe used by squatters
14
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Spatial Technologies
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- the Southern Programme Alliance uses GIS to access and manage LUC
- Programme has layers like vegetation, heritage, design, geotech, transport, planning, site office, and scope
- Access and manage the land use change
○ Ensure that new structures don’t impact wildlife species
○ Manage pre-existing structures/piping on site and surrounding the site
○ Interconnection between the site and the surrounding region (including the beach and the train station)
- Access and manage the land use change
15
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Primary Results (road traffic count)
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- road traffic count on 10/02/2020 on Nepean Highway at 11:20-11:25 am: 100 cars
