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Urban Management Solutions

Harbourview is a fictional Australian city growing quickly. Use the service data below to investigate its challenges and recommend practical, fair and sustainable solutions. Answer using evidence where possible.

Area

Bus services per hour (peak)

Public green space per 1,000 residents

West homes

1.8 hectares

Central shops

0.7 hectares

South-east apartments

0.5 hectares

Investigate the challenges

Study the service data before making decisions.

1.Which area appears most at risk of having transport access that does not keep up with growth? Select one area and support your choice with a detail from the service data.

2.The main road is busy and the south-east apartments have limited bus services. Which council action most directly gives residents another way to reach the shops and station?

Increase frequent bus services linking the apartments, shops and station
Build a larger car park beside the main road
Remove the footpath beside the railway
Move the river farther from the apartments

3.True or false? The south-east apartments have the greatest amount of public green space per 1,000 residents in the service data. Correct the statement if it is false.

TrueFalse

4.Match each Harbourview challenge to the solution that most directly addresses it.

A. Few bus services for the south-east apartments
B. Low green-space provision near the apartments
C. Heavy traffic on the main road

3. Improve safe walking and cycling routes for short trips
1. Add frequent bus connections to the station and shops
2. Create a pocket park with trees and seating

5.The council can build a small park on an unused block near the south-east apartments, but this would leave less land for new housing. Explain one benefit and one possible drawback of this choice.

Plan and evaluate a solution

Consider who benefits, what may be difficult, and how the council could tell whether a solution is working.

6.Complete the sentence: A solution is more sustainable when it meets people’s needs while also considering environmental effects and the effects of costs, jobs and livelihoods (the _____ effects).

7.The council has funding for one new shaded seating area. Choose one of the three areas in the service data—West homes, Central shops or South-east apartments—and explain who would benefit and why.

8.Draw a simple proposal for one improvement to Harbourview. Include at least two labelled features and show how your design responds to one challenge in the service data.

Draw your proposal here. Add labels and, if useful, an arrow or key.

9.If the council increases bus services to the south-east apartments, name one piece of evidence it could collect after six months to judge whether the change is working.

10.Write a short recommendation to Harbourview Council. Name one priority action, explain which urban challenge it addresses, and give one reason your action is a good use of public resources.