FIGURE4 Australia’s population distribution and density
Darwin
0
250 500 km
Brisbane
Perth
Sydney
Adelaide
Canberra
Key
Major cities (populations of 100 000 or more)
Melbourne
Large towns (populations of 50 000 to less than 100 000)
Medium towns (populations of 10 000 to less than 50 000)
Hobart
Small towns (populations of 200 to less than 10 000)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
SkillBuilder discussion Geographic inquiry Look at FIGURES3 and 4 . Do these factors lead to change elsewhere? Are rainfall and population interconnected?
12.2.5 What is change? The concept of change refers to using time to better understand a place, an environment, a spatial pattern or a geographical problem. Some changes can be fast and easily observed; others are very slow. For example, cities can expand outwards over a number of years. Similarly, landforms generally change very slowly, as with the formation of mountains. But some landscape change can be very fast, as is the case with landslides, volcanic eruptions and deforestation.
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