Ecosystem at Risk
This term refers to the state of being exposed to the possibility of being harmed.
What is vulnerability?
World cities act as headquarters for these multinational corporations, which have significant global influence on production, trade, and economic decisions.
What is TNCs?
These tours are designed for travelers who prefer to experience local culture and history with minimal impact on the environment.
What is Ecotourism?
Extends 8,000kms and covers an area of 71,000 kms, located along Australia.
What is the Great Southern Reef?
These lines on a topographic map connect points of equal elevation.
What are contour lines?
Totemism or subsistence fishing is an example of what type of management strategy?
The term used to describe how regional centres absorb the population of small towns causing their demise.
What is the "The Sponge Effect"?
This term refers to the large-scale movement of tourists that can overwhelm local infrastructures, often leading to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization.
What is Overtourism?
Population profile is disproportionately young, with the 25-39 age group compromising 54.7% of residents, compared to the Australia-wide average of 21.6%.
What is Darling Habour Precinct?
This type of graph shows the relative proportion of three variables, often used in geography to display land use or population composition.
What is a Ternary Graph?
This management approach focuses on maintaining ecosystems without human use, often using strategies like exclusion and legislation (PUCE)
What is Preservation?
Hosting major cultural events, such as Wimbledon and the Olympics, gives world cities this form of authority, making them centers for global social networks and entertainment.
What is Cultural Authority?
Travel to another country. Most important market as international tourists stay longer and spend more than domestic tourist. Form of foreign exchange.
What is international tourism?
Underwater valleys that have been carved out by glaciers and then flooded by the sea.
What is Fiordlands?
This method is used to enhance the vertical scale of a cross-section relative to its horizontal scale, making the terrain appear steeper.
What is Vertical Exageration?
This evaluation criterion examines whether a management strategy maintains biodiversity and ensures species survival.(ESD)
What is Maintainence of Biological Diversity?
Since 1950, cities in developing countries have joined traditional world cities in size and influence due to these two factors: high rates of natural increase and this type of migration.
What is Rural-Urban Migration?
The top spenders of outbound tourism
Has seen steady population growth, particularly with younger families and retirees moving to the area. There's also a growing multicultural population, including a significant Aboriginal community.
What is Tamworth?
If the rise between two points is 100 meters and the run is 2,000 meters, the gradient is this fraction. 1: ...?
What is 1:20?
The term used to describe the amount of Biomass present in an ecosystem and energy that flows through it.
What is productivity?
Large cities are often reliant on this kind of economy, characterised by informal jobs that are neither regulated nor taxed.
What is informal Economy?
Located in Snow mountains, this is the central hub of activity and houses the majority of Perisher Ski resort Employees?
What is Jindabyne?
How many tourists visit Darling Harbour each year?
What is 26 million?
On a map with a 1:50,000 scale, this is the actual ground distance represented by 1 cm on the map.
What is 500m or 0.5 km?