yr 7 t2 test

• A mega city is a large city with a population of over ten million
• the three sustanability pillars are economy, social, and environmental
• urbanisation is the growth and expansion of urban areas and involves the movement of people from towns to cities
• a migrant is a person who moves away from their home temporarily or permanently for a variety of reasons
• migration is the movement of people from one location to another
• some Australian conurbations are south east Queensland, Melbourne to Geelong, and Newcastle to Wollongong
• renewable energy is natural resources that can be replenished at a higher rate then they are consumed
• waste management involves collection, transportation, recycling, and managing of waste materials
• an asylum seeker is a person looking for protection because they fear persecution or they have experienced violence or human rights violations
• rural is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities
• an internally displaced person is someone who is forced to leave their home but stays within their country borders
• sustainability is the ability to maintain or support a process overtime, or something that is able to keep going.
• an ecological footprint is the area of land and water required to sustainably provide all resources at the rate at which they are being consumed by a given population
• an ecological footprint is measured by global hectares per person
• urban sprawl is spreading of urban areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate an expanding population
• a stateless person is someone who does not enjoy citizenship, and is not considered as a national by any state
• a refugee is someone who is forced to flee their country because of persecution, war, or violence
• persecution is unfair or cruel treatment because of who you are, what you believe, or where you are from
• the things that are in an ecological footprint are cropland, forest, build up, carbon, grazing land, and fishing ground
• population density is the intensity of land use or how crowded a place is