1. Population Growth and Land-Use Change in the Yarra Valley

2. Visiting the Valley
Go look around the Yarra Valley visitors website and see what they are advertising. Is it what you expected?

3. Population Change – Here they come!!!
Who is moving to the Yarra Valley?
Why are they moving there?
What issues may arise from this influx
of new people? (think resource and
lifestyle)

4. You are a town planner in the Yarra Valley Region – How do you deal with these changes?
Decide on the process you will go through.
Decide on how you will deal with specific issues that have been identified by the class.

5. Google Earth and Text
Look at the land use patterns in figure 9.13 and write a short paragraph about how land use changes as you progress down the river (East to West).
Go onto Google Earth and track this visually. Start in Yarra Glenn and move up and down the river (note, follow the winding woody area).
Are changes as clear as they are shown on the map?

6. Current Land Use
Look to pages Answer the following: How has farming in the region developed since the 1990s? What have they done to create a niche market and how are they selling much of their produce? What are the key natural disasters/climate issues that affect the areas farms? Describe the affects they have had.