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Geography in the classroom
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Resources to support the NSW secondary Geography curriculum
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When it comes to #graphicnovels and the comic book industry, superheroes tend to run the show. In most mainstream comics, subjects that often spark the mos
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Drone footage shows the devastation to the remote towns of Minamiaso and Mashiki caused by last week's earthquakes that hit southern Japan. 
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April 23, 2016 4:09 AM
Geomorphology hazards Contemporary hazards
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My colleagues in The Asia Foundation's Environment Program recently returned from Bangkok, where the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum they were 
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November 23, 2015 5:49 PM
Addresses one of the challenges of megacities in the Developing world.
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December 14, 2015 7:00 PM
The Ganges River is a place of religion for these people, they see it as a place where they can bathe for the forgiveness of sins and for ancestors alike. The only problem with this really is that it is a very dirty river, sewage and other sorts of waste, germs and disease are running through it. Unfortunately, the people are drinking from this river. 
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December 15, 2015 12:21 AM
The Ganges River is the most populated region in all of India. The river is sacred and is very holy to the people of India. The river is a religious river in which the people residing in the area use it as a symbolization or purification, life, bathing and drinking. The bigger issue for 'purification' is the fact that the river is very polluted and unsanitary. The pollution not only threatens the people because it could be used for drinking but it also affects the thousands of species, for example fish, that are in the river. The fish could be a source of food for the very overpopulated area but instead the very own people of India are damaging the river. One would think that a river so sacred would be protected and cleaned but it fails to meet these standards. Overall, regardless of the pollution, India still uses it for its religious beliefs and still declare it a holy river. 
Sarah Holloway's curator insight,
February 16, 2016 6:26 PM
This article touches on very serious religious and environmental issues connected to the Ganges River. The Ganges is the sacred river of Hinduism and in part because the river valley is the most heavily populated region of India. Simultaneously, this holy river is an incredibly polluted river as it's the watershed for a industrial region that struggles with significant sanitation problems; this is a great article on the environmental and cultural issues of development.
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Thousands of the fires raging through the forests of Indonesia were deliberately started to clear land for industrial use. The results have been deadly
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A series of aerial photographs documenting the transformation of the Barangaroo precinct since development began in 2010 have been released.
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November 8, 2015 11:46 PM
Great study of Urban Renewal in sydney at the Barrangaroo site.
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A liveable city has become the highest form of praise we can give to a city space. But we need to discuss what that means and who gets to participate in the process of governing and shaping a city.
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April 16, 2016 2:38 AM
Investigate the criteria used to measure the liveability of the world's cities - and the current city rankings. Examine variatiions in the criteria used to assess liveability. Identify features of liveability considered important for the average person - such as affordability - are not included in global indices.
Choose studies from Macmillan Geoworld 7 NSW to investigate the mesasurement of liveability. For example
Chapter 6: Liveability: Perceptions and influences Individually or in groups students can examine reasons people live in places many would consider "unliveable". They can develop their own criteria for liveability and apply those criteria to make choices. Chapter 7: Liveability: measurement and evironmental factors. Investigate ways of measuring liveability including global world city indices, access to energy (electricity), transport, shelter, employment and cultural amenities. Assess the influence of crime and safety, environmental quality and climate change on liveabiloity.
Kristina Lemson's curator insight,
April 16, 2016 10:48 PM
This is a must read starting point for your project. It summarises some important conecpts and issues that you need to consider.
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China’s ruling Communist Party will abandon the one-child policy introduced in the late 1970s to defuse a demographic time bomb that threatens to choke growth in the world’s second biggest economy.
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November 3, 2015 5:45 PM
Great account of teh changed of china's population policy.
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Indonesia's forest fires have catapulted the southeast Asian nation to the top of the rankings of the world's worst global warming offenders, with daily emissions exceeding those of China on at least 14 days in the past two months.
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It’s not just the polar bear. Animals and plants in Earth’s other extreme environment—the desert—are endangered by rising temperatures.
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The nation of Palau in the western Pacific just protected 80 percent of its ocean.
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The final unit of the year in our ninth-grade English classes is on Mount Everest. I thought it would be useful to our school's teachers and to this blog's readers (and to me!) to try to compile th... |
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The United Nations has officially recognized June 8th as World Oceans Day since 2008. I’ve just revised and updated The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Oceans.
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While Indonesia has taken steps to address the worst forest fires in living memory, a new palm oil alliance with Malaysia threatens to take a giant leap back.
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"The evolving role of cities and regions presents planning challenges as urban areas are work to achieve particular social, economic and environmental goals. This video explores a range of cities to examine how fully integrated planning, design, engineering and management capabilities can help to improve cities."
Tags: urban, planning, urbanism, architecture. Via Seth Dixon
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You wash with it, you brush with it, you toast it, it’s in 50% of what you buy – but what’s the real story of palm oil? Use the interactive below to trace the journey of palm oil from the rainforest through to your kitchen cupboard
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November 8, 2015 9:11 PM
Detailed and informative interactive on Palm Oil industry.
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A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil that is owned by BHP Billiton and Vale has burst, killing at least 17 people.
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April 16, 2016 8:38 AM
Geomorphic hazards: Landslides
Geoworld 7 NSW Chapter 5 5.10 Landslides change landscapes 5.15 Geographical inquiry: Nepal's landslide
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Wooloomooloo's historic Finger Wharf helped Australia ride to prosperity on a sheep's back, farewell troops to two world wars and welcome migrants to a brave new world.
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Barangaroo.com News - Two remediation projects are to be undertaken in Sydney to clean up contamination from the former Millers Point Gasworks, which closed almost a century ago.
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As El Nino looms, the Murray-Darling is facing another drought. But after almost a decade of investment in water trading and other policies, its prospects are better this time around.
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A new interactive data viz shows flows of refugees seeking asylum as whizzing dots.
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Kristie Lu Stout explores how China may reform environmental policy with Qi Ye of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy
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The suburb that's set to become the most densely populated in the country is going to be bigger than previously thought, fuelling concerns about the congestion issues already plaguing Green Square.
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October 7, 2015 5:36 PM
Urban dynamics of change operating in Sydney as a large city in developed world are evident in this article. This also relates to an urban dynamic operating in a suburb. |
Like Darling Harbour, predictions for the future of the olympic precinct at Homebush were grim. Wrong again!