The Issue of Urban Sprawl

1. As a city’s population increases, the easy solution is to simply add more suburbs to the edge of the city to accommodate people. This causes the city to spread outwards in a process known as urban sprawl but does lead to the eventual cutting down or demolishing of forests and other natural habitats. 


2. land within the existing city’s boundary is developed with high-rise apartment complexes, town houses and villa developments, this is known as urban consolidation.


3. A highly urbanised country, is a country in which has a very high density, referring to the population and also doesn't have a very large natural influence.


4.
 i) the natural environment surrounding the city is depleted
ii) productive farmland that supplied fresh produce to the city is consumed by the new suburbs
iii) pollution problems increase.

5. The appealing characteristics of living on the coast have influenced the location of Australia's capital cities. All but one are located on the coast where most people prefer to live.

6. 

• a high population density

a high proportion of the population working in

manufacturing and/or professional or service-related

industries

• they are centres of business, trade, tourism,

entertainment and finance.

7. Australian cities have a very high population density compared to most other cities in the world as almost all of the population live in cities and not many live in the country towns and central Australia.

8.  One of the changing aspects of Australian cities is the movement towards higher population densities within the city. In a process known as urban consolidation, land within the existing city’s boundary is developed with high-rise apartment complexes, townhouses and villa developments. The advantage of this style of development is that the infrastructure like public transport, electricity and water supplies are already built for the developments—it means they are used more intensively. All Australian cities face the need to control urban sprawl and so are moving in the direction of urban consolidation.

9.  Urban planners have had to be innovative in their design of apartments and new estates to manage the impacts of population growth in cities. 

10. a. Melbourne

b. The amount of people per square kilometer

c. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Wollongong, Perth, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Canberra, Brisbane, Gosford

d. 7/10

11. The residents will have complaints about the buildings blocking their view, their sunlight as well as lots of noise and inconvenient travel routes. The structures will make the community become densly populated therefore having longer lines at shops etc.

12. In houses you can have your own garden and private pool/spa as well as easy access in and out of your house. But apartments are usually seen as safer because they have better security systems to stop people entering the building.