9.1 Australia the urban nation

1. What is mean by the term 'urabn sprawl'?

Urban sprawl refers to when a city becomes so over populated that it is forced to move outwards and create new suburbs.

2. What is meant by the term 'urban consolidation'?

Urban consolidaiton refers to strategies used to make better use of existing urban infrastructure such as builidng apartment blocks instead of housing.

3. What is meant by a highly urbanised country?

A highly urbanised country is a country that has a very high population density per km squared.

4. List three statistics that suggest Australia is a highly urbanised country.

•  65% of Australias population lives in capital cities.
•  92% live in urban areas
•  Sydneys population density is 2076 people per square kilometre.

5. What factors have influenced the location of Australias captial cities.

The main factors that influences Australias captital cities is the location of resources and a major water source which is why the majority of the capital cities are on the coast of Australia.

6. What is population density and how is it related to urban sprawl?

Population density is the average amount of people living in an area of a square kilometre.

7. How do Australian cities compare to other cities in the world in terms of their population density?

Australian cities compared to other cities around the world are dramatically lower in population density and our highest is 2076 which is very low compared to cities like mumbai and cairo.

8. Describe the advantage, in terms of the provision of infrastructure, urban consolidation has over urban sprawl?

Things such as public transport, electricity, electricity and water supplies are already built for the developments and therefore are easier to accomodate for the influx of people.

9. How have urban planners responded to the issue of urban sprawl in Australia?

Urban planners have responded to the issue of urban sprawl in Autralia by using urban consolidation is thinly populated urban areas and also by expanding and creating new suburbs.

10. a) Melbourne
      b) Population divided by the land area (km squared)
      c) Sydney - Melbourne - Adelaide - Wollongong - Perth - Gold Coast - Newcastle - Canberra - Brisbane - Gosford.

11) The new apartment buildings will have a very strong impact on the preexisting housing because they will alter the natural light that reaches the houses and will also prove to be eyesores for the local residents.

12) Living in detached housing is more traditional and is a lot more convinient than apartments which usually require more maintenance and also short term leases.