LIVEABILITY What makes a place liveable? What is: ‘quality of life?’ How do we measure it? Tasks: Discuss questions and list answers on the board Students make a new heading page and write questions and answers in work books

Capital Cities Of Australia Tasks: These places are the cities of Australian States. Can you identify them? (From left to right: Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Brisbane, Sydney) Q. What makes cities liveable places? What attracts people to live in cities? Access to employment, housing, schools, shops, parks, beaches, What factors do people face when choosing where to live? A. Employment prospects, affordable housing, quality schools, life style choices, family,

Victoria What makes a place liveable? Tasks: Choose five towns from the map and search in Google Images. Answer the following questions: Why did you choose this town? List the features you find attractive about this place List the features you don’t like about this place Would you be happy to live in this place? Explain your reasons

Macedon Ranges The Macedon Ranges is situated in Central Victoria, North of Melbourne.

Macedon Ranges Task: Discuss with the person next to you the following questions: What are the reasons your family lives in the town that you live in? Discuss the features you find important for liveability in your town. If you had a choice to move, which town would you like to live in and why? Task: List the main reasons students came up with in terms of: Accessibility: education, healthcare, employment, leisure centres, transport services, parks, shops, utilities, internet, Demographics: location, family, friends, culture, environment Aesthetics: natural features, town layout, infrastructure Site: land acreage, town block, Stability: people movement, government, crime rate

Quality of Life You have just given reasons that contribute to your happiness and wellbeing, your quality of life. Liveability is the qualities of a place, city, town, suburb, or neighbourhood that contributes to the quality of life experienced by those who live or visit there. The quality of life you enjoy will be different for other people. This is called Perspective. Let’s Read: Deciding Where to Live and Choices People Make on page 98 to 101 of our text book

Which place do you think is the best place to live? Tasks: Watch the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMmmiNlj0Fc Using tally marks, rank each place in terms of ‘liveability’ out of 10 on the handout sheet Discuss findings Let’s read: Sense of Place on pages 102 – 105 and Liveability of places on pages 106 - 107 Watch the video. Which place do you think is the best place to live? Watch again and give each place a "liveability" rating out of 10 (use the hand out sheet to tally marks) Which place ranks highest? Which comes last? What factors did you take into account in rating the different places?

10 most liveable cities in the world Watch the video: https://youtu.be/r7pvvOfoi-k How do we measure liveability? Stability Education Infrastructure Healthcare Culture Environment Let’s read chapter 1.5 on page 108 Watch this 10 most liveable cities in the world How do we measure liveability? Read chapter 1.5 Measuring Liveability of text book

What is a ‘Liveable City? From the lists below select one ‘most liveable’ and one ‘least liveable’ city: Most liveable cities: Sydney, Vancouver, Toronto, Auckland, Helsinki, Vienna, Perth, Bern, New York, Melbourne. Least liveable cities: Dhaka, Tehran, Abidjan, Karachi, Port Moresby, Algiers, Harare, Lagos, Tripoli. Make a power point titled: What makes a city liveable? Set up for Research Task: What is a liveable city?

Research 2. Conduct research into the following aspects of liveability for the two cities. Make a slide for each topic. Location. Include country and continent. Population and population density. Natural environment and climate. Law and Order. Is this a safe place? What crime statistics can you find? Economy. What is the average income? Infrastructure. How well is this city serviced with transport and other facilities? Health care. Access to hospitals and doctors. How many doctors per head of population? Education. What education structures are in place? When do children start school? How long do students stay at school? Lifestyle. Recreation, Culture, Entertainment, Sport and other aspects about living in this city. Summary. Write a short summary comparing (similarities) and contrasting (differences) the liveability of the cities you chose Students to begin research, making a slide for each topic. Include headings and sub headings

3. Things to include: A map of the world with the two cities you chose marked and labelled on it Include headings, images, graphs and tables A bibliography of all websites you use in your research Remember to save all your work Send to Mrs Gossip via the portal

Your Assessment Rubric Criteria Skilled (4) Capable (3) Apprentice (2) Novice (1) Content/Research Excellent coverage of the topic. All information is in your own words. Most aspects of the topic are covered. Most of the information is in your own wording. Some aspects of the topic are covered. And / OR Most of the information is copied. Shows little evidence of relevant research. All information is copied. Presentation AVD   The assignment shows evidence of excellent organisation. Careful thought has been given to the presentation and choice of materials and the task has been produced with great care. The assignment is visually pleasing and contains no errors. The assignment shows evidence of good organisation. Satisfactory thought has been given to the choice and presentation of material and the task has been produced with care. The task is visually pleasing and contains a few errors. The assignment shows evidence of satisfactory organisation. Some thought has been given to the presentation of material and the task has been produced with some care. The task contains quite a few errors. The assignment shows little evidence of satisfactory organisation. Little thought has been given to the presentation of material and the task has not been produced with care. The task contains many errors. Summary The summary compares two cities and shows a good understanding of the concept of ‘liveability’. The summary compares two cities and shows a satisfactory understanding of the concept of ‘liveability’. .Very little attempt is made to compare the cities studied. A limited understanding of ‘liveability’ is evident. No attempt made to compare the two cities for ‘ liveability’. Completion of task requirements. All aspects of the task completed by due date and to a high standard. All aspects completed and to a good standard. Some of the questions completed. Assignment is incomplete.

What is a ‘Liveable City What is a ‘Liveable City? A Research Project on ‘Liveability’ By Mrs Gossip Least Liveable City, Dhaka Most Liveable City, Melbourne

Location in the world Dhaka is located in Bangladesh Melbourne is located in Australia

4 529 500 Population Melbourne Dhaka Australian Bureau of Statistics report of March 2016 population count stands at: 4 529 500 Melbourne had the largest growth of all Greater Capital Cities in Australia between 2014-2015 (up by 91,600) Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics census population count for Dhaka, in March 2011, is as follows: Young 24,730,884 Adults 20,580,529 Elderly 2,113,005 Total 47,424,418

Natural Environment Dhaka Melbourne Outdoor spaces include: Fitzroy Gardens Treasury Gardens Flagstaff Gardens Queen Victoria Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens Kings Domain Birrarung Marr Park Carlton Gardens Outdoor Spaces include: Baldha Garden Gulshan Lake Park Bahadur Shah Park

Stability – Law and Order Dhaka @ 2015 Melbourne @ June 2016 Types of offences Crimes against the person 2 645 Property and deception 12540 Drug offences 1085 Public order and security 3009 Justice procedures 3485 Total 22764 Types of offences Crimes against the person 4559 Property and deception 93452 Drug offences 47692 Public order and security 11269 Justice procedures 22026 Total 178998

Economy Australian Dollar Operations Manager $83 836 Accountant $57 676 Graphic Designer $50 151 Business Manager $79 127 Account Manager $61 865 General Manager $99 706 Executive Assistant $70 389 Bangladesh taka Country Manager $79 500 General Manager $34 817 Mechanical Engineer $20 400 Software Engineer $10 849 Web Developer $18 000 AUS $10 BDT 10

Infrastructure Melbourne Dhaka

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Bibliography Australian Bureau of Statistics, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) http://www.bbs.gov.bd/ Wikipedia http://www.bbs.gov.bd/ http://www.police.gov.bd/Crime-Statistics www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/ http://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Location=Melbourne http://www.dhakatribune.com/hashtag/pay-scale/