Jacaranda Senior Geography 1 for Queensland Units 1 and 2, 3e learnON & Print

About this resource v

Meet our author team xii

Acknowledgements xiv

Unit 1 Responding to Risk and Vulnerability in Hazard Zones

Topic 1 Natural Hazard Zones

1 Natural hazard zones 1

1.1 Overview 2

1.2 Natural hazards 4

1.3 Natural hazards in Australia 8

1.4 The impact of natural hazards 13

1.5 Assessing and responding to natural hazards 22

1.6 Atmospheric hazards 27

1.7 Atmospheric hazards — thunderstorms 29

1.8 Atmospheric hazards—tropical cyclones 34

1.9 Atmospheric hazards — responding to tropical cyclones 39

1.10 Atmospheric hazards — bushfires 44

1.11 Geological hazards 48

1.12 Geological hazards — earthquakes 52

1.13 Geological hazards — volcanic eruptions 57

1.14 Geomorphic hazards 63

1.15 APPLY YOUR SKILLS — Construction, interpretation and analysis of maps 70

1.16 Review 72

Topic 2 Ecological Hazard Zones

2 Ecological hazard zones 81

2.1 Overview 82

2.2 Ecological hazards 84

2.3 The impacts of ecological hazards 87

2.4 Plant and animal invasions 93

2.5 Reducing the risk of plant and animal invasions 99

2.6 Pollutants 104

2.7 Hydrospheric pollutants 108

2.8 Atmospheric pollutants 116

2.9 Lithospheric pollutants 127

2.10 Infectious and vector-borne diseases 134

2.11 APPLY YOUR SKILLS — Analysing spatial and statistical data 145

2.12 Review 147

Unit 2 Planning Sustainable Places

Topic 3 Responding to Challenges Facing a Place in Australia

3 Responding to challenges facing a place in Australia 159

3.1 Overview 160

3.2 Places in Australia 162

3.3 Processes that shape places 168

3.4 Where are Australian places? 176

3.5 Factors affecting Australia’s population distribution 181

3.6 Challenges facing remote and rural Australia 193

3.7 Challenges facing urban Australia 199

3.8 Understanding geographical challenges — West End, Brisbane 208

3.9 Responding to the challenges facing places in Australia 215

3.10 APPLY YOUR SKILLS — Conducting a geographical inquiry 221

3.11 Review 230

Topic 4 Managing Challenges Facing Megacities

4 Managing challenges facing megacities 237

4.1 Overview 238

4.2 Global patterns of urbanisation 240

4.3 Vulnerability to natural hazards in megacities 249

4.4 Water and energy in megacities 260

4.5 Sanitation and waste management in megacities 266

4.6 Housing people in megacities 272

4.7 Social opportunities and challenges in megacities 279

4.8 Economic opportunities and challenges in megacities 286

4.9 Sustainable development in megacities 291

4.10 APPLY YOUR SKILLS — Interpreting satellite imagery 302

4.11 Review 305

Glossary 313

Index 317