Unit 3 AOS3 - Lucas Flashcards
(13 cards)
Research Question
What factors have contributed to the changing land use at Lucas in Ballarat and how has this change positively and negatively impacted the environment as well as the economic and social conditions of the selected area and the surrounding region?
Location of Lucas
Lucas is located 6km west of the Ballarat central business district, west of Alfredton on the Avenue of Honour, on Surt street and Remembrance drive. It is located 129.5km north-west-west of Melbourne (seen in figure 1.3) with the postcode 3350.
Lucas map
Natural characteristics
- It has a very gentle undulation but is mostly flat and is 449m above sea level. It has limited vegetation with natural waterways like streams and ponds.
- Recently over 200,000 plants and trees have been planted and there is a planned 11 hectares of wetlands with Lucas having a 40% tree cover in future. - Development resulted in the replenishment of waterways which water vegetation and provide habitats
Human characteristics
Over 30 businesses and shops are open or have been planned and in 2024 there were over 6000 residents in the suburb. Lucas has a $10million community hub with many parks and recreational facilities including Central Park. Lucas is divided into Cell A and Cell B. 317ha of development or future development.
In order for the change in occur there had to be…
A Flora and Fauna assessment, contamination assessment, social assessment, cultural heritage assessment, housing needs assessment and an economic assessment. As well as an urban structure which involved consultants, servicing authorities, powercore who supply electricity and VIC roads who deal with transport
Interconnections
Skipton rail trail - disused rail track through Wendouree to Skipton
On Sturt st - Links to school distrct
Ballarat western road link - starts at Sebastapl and finishes at freeway, is 50% complete
Ballarat western enterprise zone - employment in industries for Lucas residents, 700ha has 9000 jobs
GIS in Lucas
Used to decide what site would be used for Lucas with data sets including:
- Native vegetation overlay
- Bushfire risk
- Drainage (well drained area was needed)
- Areas of Indigenous significance
- Number of landholders
- Proximity to already built services and infrastructure
Remote sensing in Lucas
Aerial photographs of site before and after development
GNSS in Lucas
- Accurate plotting of housing lot boundaries
- Open spaces 400m from every home
- Positioning of bus shelters built once there was enough people to justify bus route
Geospatial technology
Digital tools that organise and collect data by referencing the information collected to a point on the earth’s surface using latitude and longitude
Evaluate structure
- Location of MGIS/Deforestation
- Impacts of MGIS/Deforestation
- Response name and effectiveness
- Background information for response
- Criterion for evaluation
- Justification for criterion
- Positives
- Negatives
- Opportunities and threats
- Conclusion
Geospatial structure
- Definition of spatial technology
- Types of spatial tech (GNSS, GIS and Remote sensing)
- What type is used in case study background info. on case study (BRIEF)
- Where is it being used
- When did it come into use
- Who is responsible for implementing it
- What were the reasons for its implementation
- What are its aims
- What are the major features
- How does it operate
- What are its strengths and weaknesses
