Sunday, March 13, 2011

9.1 Questions

1. Urban sprawl is when a city's population is compacted extensively and isn't spread out evenly across the land available.
2. Urban consolidation is where they build on top of existing structures. This happens mostly in the city where they make multi storey apartment blocks and office buildings.
3. That they have a high population density. a high proportion of the population working in manufacturing and/or professional or service-related industries or centres of business.
4. Our population, our land area (in square kilometres), and the percentage of out population.

5. Infrastructure, and the area's accessibility to fresh water and food resources.
6. Population density is the average amount of people in a set area unit and is usually measured in square kilometres. 
7.It has the highest population density within Australia, however compared to other cities like in Mumbai, it has about a tenth of the population density. Generally Australia's population density is 3 people per square kilometre, whereas in some countries (usually povertised) their population density is about 500 people per square kilometre.

8. One of the main advantages is that electricity and water supplies are already in place so it doesn't require building and construction on top of the already made structures.
9. They've been innovative with their design of apartments and new estates to manage the impacts of population growth in cities.
10. a. Melbourne, VICTORIA
10. b. Population within that area divided by the square kilometres within that same area.
10. c. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Wollongong, Perth, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Canberra, Brisbane, Gosford.
10. d. 8 out of the 10 major cities within Australia have a population density of greater than 1000/km^2
11. It will ruin their views, as well as put much greater pressure on their water and electrical supplies.
12. Advantage – You have significantly more space and freedom
      Disadvantage – It’s more expensive, living in a large complex requires less work around the house.

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