Oxford Insight Geography AC for NSW Stage 5

CONTENTS
	Skills checklist
	Using Oxford Insight Geography
	NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: Geography Stage 5 – Scope and sequence
	THE GEOGRAPHER’S TOOLKIT
		GT.1 Geographical concepts
			Place
			Space
			Environment
			Interconnection
			Scale
			Sustainability
			Change
		GT.2 Geographical inquiry skills
			Acquiring geographical information
			Processing geographical information
			Communicating geographical information
		GT.3 Geographical tools
			Maps
			Graphs and statistics
			Spatial technologies and visual representations
			Fieldwork
	UNIT 1: SUSTAINABLE BIOMES
		CHAPTER 1: INVESTIGATING BIOMES
			1.1 What are the main characteristics that differentiate the world’s biomes?
			1.2 How do people use and alter biomes for food production?
		CHAPTER 2: FOOD SECURITY: FEEDING A HUNGRY WORLD
			2.1 Can the world’s biomes sustainably feed the world’s population?
			2.2 What are the environmental challenges to food production?
			2.3 What strategies can be used to increase global food security?
	UNIT 2: CHANGING PLACES
		CHAPTER 3: URBANISATION: LIFE IN DIFFERENT CITIES
			3.1 Why has the world become more urbanised?
			3.2 How does urbanisation change environments and places?
			3.3 What strategies are used to manage environmental change in urban places to enhance sustainability?
		CHAPTER 4: MIGRATION: PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
			4.1 How does internal migration impact on the concentration of people into urban places?
			4.2 How does international migration impact on the concentration of people into urban places?
	UNIT 3: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND MANAGEMENT
		CHAPTER 5: ENVIRONMENTS
			5.1 How do environments function?
		CHAPTER 6: CHANGING AND MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT
			6.1 How do people’s worldviews affect their attitudes to and use of environments?
			6.2 What are the causes and consequences of change in environments and how can this change be managed?
		CHAPTER 7: INVESTIGATIVE STUDY: COASTAL CHANGE AND MANAGEMENT
			7.1 Why is an understanding of environmental processes and interconnections essential for sustainable management of coastal environments?
			7.2 What are the causes and consequences of environmental change?
			7.3 How can coastal changes be managed?
	UNIT 4: HUMAN WELLBEING
		CHAPTER 8: GEOGRAPHIES OF HUMAN WELLBEING
			8.1 What makes human wellbeing a geographical issue?
			8.2 How can the spatial variations in human wellbeing and development be measured and explained?
		CHAPTER 9: IMPROVING INEQUALITIES IN WELLBEING
			9.1 What are the economic, social and environmental impacts of variations in development and wellbeing?
			9.2 How do governments, groups and individuals respond to inequalities in development and human wellbeing for a sustainable future?
	Glossary
	Index
	Acknowledgements