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    Urbanisation refers to the growth of towns and cities as people move to these locations, and has led to over 80% of Australians now living in urban environments mostly concentrated along the coast. The process of urbanisation typically results in habitat loss through vegetation clearing and increases in hard surfaces from construction. While urbanisation negatively impacts the environment through issues like waterway alteration, some native species have adapted to urban areas and remnant vegetation in parks and along transport corridors help preserve biodiversity and connect wildlife habitats.

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    Urbanisation refers to the growth of towns and cities as people move to these locations, and has led to over 80% of Australians now living in urban environments mostly concentrated along the coast. The process of urbanisation typically results in habitat loss through vegetation clearing and increases in hard surfaces from construction. While urbanisation negatively impacts the environment through issues like waterway alteration, some native species have adapted to urban areas and remnant vegetation in parks and along transport corridors help preserve biodiversity and connect wildlife habitats.

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    2.2.

    4- Urbanisation
    The impact on outdoor environments of urbanisation and
    changing human lifestyles
    The Facts………..
    Definition:
    Urbanisation is the development and physical growth of
    towns and cities, including residential areas, as people
    move to these locations.

    In Australia:
    • Approximately only 2% of Australian land mass is
    urbanised
    • Over 80% of the population live in urban
    environments and within 100km of the coast
    • Within Victoria, 75% of the 5 million+ inhabitants live
    in the greater Melbourne area
    Images of Australia
    • Urbanisation really started to grow around the industrial
    revolution- people moved to towns and cities for work.

    • Many familiar images of Australia depict it as a rural country,


    however we have always preferred to be town and city based.

    What might have led to the European settlement


    of Australia being urbanised from very early on?
    Characteristics of urbanisation
    The process of urbanisation typically includes:
    • Construction of housing estates, roads, railways and other transport corridors
    • Provision of amenities- running water, sewage disposal and treatment systems,
    waste collection and transfer, energy supply
    • Increase in hard surfaces- sealed roads, concrete footpaths and roofing

    Can you think of a different possible


    impact from each of these?
    Impacts of urbanisation-

    We can split these impacts into two categories: Waterways and Land
    *Read about these on pg.135

    Land Waterways
    One of the most obvious impacts Urbanisation is one of the key causes
    of urbanisation was, and still is, of the alteration of flow patterns- the
    habitat loss through the clearing way water moves into and through
    of vegetation. creeks and streams.

    Go to the link below and compare the difference


    between Melbourne and its surrounds, from 1945 to
    today.
    http://1945.melbourne/
    Learning Task: Consequences of urban impacts
    Consider the images from http://1945.melbourne/ and the
    typical impacts of urbanisation listed on pg.135
    Waterways vs. Land
    - What similarities do you notice?
    - Can you identify any overlap? (ie: where a land impact
    could further a waterway impact)

    Investigate one of the impacts to land or waterways and


    explain the consequence of this impact on the environment
    Consequences on wildlife
    Predation on native fauna by cats and dogs is an impact on the environment that is hard
    to measure, but cats in particular are believed to be one of the biggest threats to any
    native species surviving the other impacts of urbanisation.
    Small marsupials, lizards, insects and birds are the most at risk.
    As urban development continues to spread into bushland areas, cats and dogs continue
    to be a major nuisance and exterminator of native species.
    http://www.theguardian.com.au/story/4967787/feral-cats-kill-more-than-one-million-
    birds-per-day/
    Some native fauna has adapted to the
    urban environment and is able to deal
    with possible threats so well that they are
    now considered pests in many areas....
    What animal is an example of this?
    Positive Consequences
     Many large cities have parklands throughout them in an effort to preserve
    natural areas.
     Some of these ‘green belts’ have retained native remnant vegetation- small
    patches of the original native plants that remain after the landscape is
    converted for agriculture or other uses.
     Remnant vegetation primarily exists along creeks, beach hinterlands, road
    verges and scarce underdeveloped land. These provide examples of what was
    once widespread native flora and help connect vegetation areas to each other-
    providing a corridor for wildlife to move along.
    Impact of changing human lifestyles
    Changing human lifestyles have been
    influenced by:
    • Advancements in technology
    • Occupational conditions
    • Media and lifestyle programs
    • Composition of families

    Read about these influences on pg.136 and


    summarise each.

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