2024 Year 10 Semester 1 CAT 2 10L and 10M

Melbourne High School
Year 10 Geography (2024, Sem 1)

Common Assessment Task 2: Urban Land Uses and
Wellbeing
“What spatial variations exist in South Yarra land uses? How are
these patterns linked to levels of wellbeing? (Relationship between land use
and wellbeing, density changes, height changes. Commercial to residential and mixed. Residential to
house to flats. How does land use impact wellbeing, [wellbeing: pollution, litter, noise, congestion,
which comes from high density residential, retail])
Introduction:
South Yarra is a small part of Melbourne’s inner suburbs. Your teacher will allocate your group a part
of the South Yarra Study Area to investigate its main land uses and wellbeing conditions. Your results
need to be combined with other groups in your form to produce your own individual land use map
with wellbeing indicators covering ALL of the South Yarra Study Area.
Your understanding of this investigation will be assessed in a class test.
Data collection in your allocated area:

You need to collect the following data:
 The land use of each individual site [where there are multiple land uses, show the 2 most
prevalent]. Attachment 1 for categories colour + symbol
 Location of wellbeing indicators. See Attachment 2
 A range of images covering land use, wellbeing and overall environments. These will help
with your map analysis. See Attachment 3 title and boltss
 Any notes and images relevant to your allocated area such as aesthetics, heights, quality,
traffic,
Back in school and at home:

1. Collect land use and wellbeing data from other groups
2. Clarify any data pieces that are unclear (Try: teacher; Google Streetview)
3. Produce a best land use and wellbeing map of the South Yarra Study Area
4. BOLTSS of course
5. Your images will be valuable to show land use and aspects of wellbeing.
Analyse your completed map:

You need to use specific locations and evidence in your answers (for example:
addresses, which parts of streets, images)
1. What and where are the major and minor land uses? Major: high density mixed use
commercial, commercial is office etc, retail is selling products. Minor: public open spaces,
public government schools, library, transport maybe. High buildings on Yarra st, Claremont
St, Toorak st, Chapel st.
Majority of the land was used for retail, commercial and residential purposes, they often had
the retail and commercial buildings
2. Are the major land uses associated with any features? Parking with high density residential,
commercial or mixed, residential with limited parking (permit) (Tivoli Rd), retailed areas have
limited parking, more retail/commercial along the major roads, eg Chapel/Toorak, Public
transport has retail around it, more foot traffic and people can visit there)
3. What variations in land uses exist in the wider Study Area, not just your allocated area?
(Tivoli Rd residential house – duplex -flats)
4. What variations in building heights exist? In the neighbourhood the houses are smaller, the
closer to mainroad there are apartments, height restrictions)
5. Where were the better wellbeing environments (think of noise or rubbish or open spaces)?
What made them better environments? better
6. The reverse of the above question. worse
7. Were any changes in land use happening: what and where in particular?
8. You decide on the likely future of Site X. Your teacher will have identified this site in the
fieldwork area. What do you think its future land use will be? What information do you need
to know before deciding? How will it fit in with the surrounding land uses? Will it encourage
other similar developments?
9. Now think about the Study Area in relation to the rest of South Yarra that you looked at in
class: Does any of your South Yarra Study Area fit with the Burgess Model of land use? Be
sure to say why or why not! Melbourne CBD distance to South yarra, transitional stage.
..next: the class test
Attachment 1: Land Use Survey Reference Data
Legend:
Colour Land use

Red/Pink Residential (Houses, Apartments...)
Purple Business (Shops, Offices, Hotels ..)
Brown Industrial (Manufacturing, Warehouses..)
Green Public Open space
Yellow Public Building (government service, govt. school..)
Black Development (vacant, abandoned, under construction)
Symbols:
Residential
H – house (stand alone or semi-detached)
F – flat/apartment
T – terrace, town house
O – other
Business R – retail (shops, hotels, petrol station, food outlets)
C – commercial (banks, insurance, lawyers, real estate, commercial car park)
I – manufacturing (must be producing a product)
P – public open space (park, sporting venue)
PB – public building (religious venue, school government or council office)
Development U – under construction or being renovated D - derelict
V – vacant block
X – demolition stage
Attachment 2: Wellbeing Indicators

N/Q - Noisy/Quiet
A/U - Attractive/Unpleasant
G/B - Green/Bare
L/C - Litter/Clean
T/P - Transport Access/ Parking
Other specify
Attachment 3: Image Collection
Commercial street and activity
Housing: 19th, 20th and or 21st century
High rise apartments, Stand alone housing
Residential street or laneways
Small scale business – retail or non-retail
Location undergoing change;
Parking problems, restrictions ;
Litter and litter control
Open space

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Year 10 Geography (2024, Sem 1)

Your understanding of this investigation will be assessed in a class test.

Data collection in your allocated area:

Back in school and at home:

Analyse your completed map:

..next: the class test

Attachment 1: Land Use Survey Reference Data

Colour Land use

H – house (stand alone or semi-detached)

T – terrace, town house

Business R – retail (shops, hotels, petrol station, food outlets)

C – commercial (banks, insurance, lawyers, real estate, commercial car park)

I – manufacturing (must be producing a product)

P – public open space (park, sporting venue)

PB – public building (religious venue, school government or council office)

Development U – under construction or being renovated D - derelict

Attachment 2: Wellbeing Indicators

T/P - Transport Access/ Parking

Attachment 3: Image Collection

Commercial street and activity

Housing: 19th, 20th and or 21st century

High rise apartments, Stand alone housing

Residential street or laneways

Small scale business – retail or non-retail

Location undergoing change;

Parking problems, restrictions ;

Litter and litter control

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