GeoWorldGeoWorld1010A world of learning aboutpeople, places and environments

Written for the Australian Curriculum

The final instalment in the Geoworld series from Dr Susan Bliss will engage and support your Year 10s. GeoWorld offers a fresh approach to study and will equip students with geographical skills and general capabilities that can be applied in daily life as well as their studies.

Inquiry-based activities help students appreciate different perspectives in environmental change and geographies of well being, and develop an understanding of ethical research principles and critical thinking.

• powerful images and succinct introductions designed to hook students’ attention

• easy-to-use double-page spreads with vivid images, maps and creative infographics

• activities to extend or support individual students

Features:

New for 2015

Comprehensive digital support is available for both teachers and students.

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between

vehicles

Loop occupancyIn-road sensors

SCATS

controller

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GeoWorld 10: Australian Curriculum

7.7 Managing urban

environments

Sustainable cities meet the needs of the present

without compromising the ability of future

generations to meet their own needs. Environments

need to provide materials (source function), absorb

pressures placed on them (sink function), provide

services such as clean water and renewable soil

(service function), and provide opportunities for

recreational, psychological, aesthetic and spiritual

opportunities (spiritual function). The UN Human

Development Report (HDR) states that sustainability

is inextricably linked to fairness and justice, such as

greater access to a better quality of life. Cities need

to be effective and efficient, maintain equity, and

minimise environmental impacts and EFs.

In order to be sustainable, communities must use

non-renewable resources sustainably, enhance the

environment and promote social cohesion.

Role of geographic information systems

A geographic information system (GIS) enables urban

planners to visualise relationships and create ‘what

if’ scenarios. It is used to design city infrastructure

and manage the everyday running of a city. Traffic

control planners use GIS to create maps that analyse

current road accidents, traffic patterns and alternative

routes to motorways. GIS and Google Earth are

essential planning tools that can be used extensively

from selection of a city site through to comparing

urban areas in different countries.

7.7.2 GIS is used in Sydney to control traffic

NSW Roads and Maritime Services

Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic Systems (SCATS) is a

traffic-based control system that uses GIS to respond to

changes in Sydney’s traffic flow by:

• adjusting traffic signal green time

• varying electronic message signs

• detecting and responding to incidents

• implementing variable speed limits with flashing signs

• using highway advisory radio frequencies

• displaying advisory

travel times

• using signal timing

in traffic lanes.

In-road sensors

supply the local

SCATS controller with

traffic flow data,

including vehicle size

and the space

between vehicles.

Source: Alisdair Rae

7.7.1 New York is using technology and efficient GIS (in 2D and 3D) to work towards sustainability

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The comprehensive digital teaching support includes:

Teacher Support

• lesson plans and teaching program• hands-on projects to spark motivation • marking rubrics and suggested answers• activities to extend or support individual students

Each student book comes with 15 months access to an interactive eBook version of the text, and powerful digital resources including:• a markbook, allowing students to join a virtual class

and foster teamwork and collaboration• auto-marking diagnostic quizzes and interactive

crosswords• up-to-date weblinks to make further research easy.

Digital Student Book

Title ISBN Price (Inc. gst)

GeoWorld 10 Print & eBook 978 1 4202 3268 4 $ 54.99

GeoWorld 10 eBook 978 1 4202 3273 8 $ 40.00

GeoWorld 10 Teacher Edition (Digital) 978 1 4202 3262 2 $ 149.99

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Visually engaging page design

Highly illustrated with images, maps and infographics

Differentiated activities sum up learning

Geolinks indicate online support

Self-contained lesson in each double page spread

Unit 1: Environmental Change and Management 1. Human-induced environmental change challenges sustainability2. Human-induced climate change and

environmental management3. Marine resources and management 4. Coastal environments5. Inland water and management6. Land degradation and management7. Urban environments and management

Unit 2: Geographies of Human Wellbeing 8. Human wellbeing: measurement and mapping9. Rich and poor: spatial variations between and within countries 10. Spatial variations: India and Australia 11. Development issues affect wellbeing 12. Improved wellbeing for millions of people

Year 10 Contents

All GeoWorld titles for Years 7 to 10 are available as a print & digital Student Book, a digital only Student Book and comprehensive digital Teacher Support.

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