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Unit 3: Changing the land
Quick questions on Land use change and fieldwork investigation: VCE Geography
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What is case study?Show answer
Melbourne is one of Australia's fastest-growing cities, and its growth corridors in the outer north, west and south-east (such as around Wyndham, Melton, Casey and Whittlesea) show clear land use change. Market gardens, grazing land and grassland are being converted into housing estates, schools, shops and roads. The Urban Growth Boundary set by the Victorian Government regulates where this expansion can happen, but strong population growth keeps pushing development onto former farmland.
What is impacts of land use change?Show answer
Environmentally, converting farmland and grassland to housing removes vegetation and habitat (including endangered native grasslands around Melbourne), increases hard surfaces that worsen runoff, and adds traffic emissions. Economically, change creates construction jobs and housing supply but removes productive farmland close to the city. Socially, new suburbs provide homes but can lack services, transport and employment, leaving residents with long commutes.
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