Factors affecting water use MDB

[studyhound]

We have been told to give a ranking of the top contributors affecting the use of water within the MDB,
physical processors, social changes, tech, political etc.
does anyone have an idea of the factors which affect water use the most? (the most important) Q2. pg 172 if that helps
cheersss

[ben4386]

This is my personal Opinion

Physical>Historical>Socio-economic>political>environmental>technological

[studyhound]

ohk yeah mine was like that aswel accept history was further down, why would u say history is 2nd?
 Is it due to the post war immigration which saw dramtic population increase in aus?
what would be example of socio economic in the MDB

cheers

[ben4386]

historical will be the fact that if it werent for Bourke and Hume 3/4 of the MDB wouldnt be discovered and therefore would not be available for use as we wouldn't even know about it.

socio-economic- are to do with standards of living, the process of people say buying a farm and developing it, in mind to make a profit and therefore enhance their welfare (whether that be a better car, better education for their kids, etc..)... This is distinct from a purely social factor (like religion i.e. people using water in a specific way for religious purposes)

[shabooya]

hey does anyone know what you have to write for management policy for your fieldwork. i dont understand it im stressing aghhh

[tripz]

THIS IS A STRATEGY SORRY, NOT MANAGEMENT POLICY ALREADY EXISTING
What you can do is add a Strategy policy that you've created. After that, you need to be able to show how practical it is, and how sustainable it is to the local resource.

It can be as ridiculous as mine is - Waterfront City (Harbour Town) - the place where it has that wheely thing. A management policy could be having a helicopter patrol the area at night. Then you say it's not sustainable and justify it by saying that the costs of having such a policy is relatively high, and alternatives such as simply more security cameras or a curfew in that area would be more sustainable and practical, as it does not take too much money and helicopters are noisy and will disturb local residents.

A more practical one, would perhaps be putting more posters around for ads on what's being sold

[rh]

could you use one that has already been implemented? or is the point to use the one you made up in the fieldwork sac?

[asdfr]

I am pretty sure you cannot make up your own management policies....

Also tripz, isn't your management policy a strategy? I always get confused between the two, but I am pretty sure that what you have made up there is a strategy.

[ben4386]

heres a tip for you guys although you may already know

study design states that you need to be able to evaluate the practicality and sustainability of a policy, so you need to have a policy that is able to be evaluated in both these areas,

also the policy should be aimed to mitigate or change impacts from resource use,

i.e. you have an impact of people using a resource causing pollution and litter, a policy may be to mitigate the effects of pollution, one strategy would be to place more bins, see how the policy relates to the impact

[asdfr]

So Ben, when you are asked to evaluate a policy, you state what the policy is and then a strategy relating to that policy correct? Then do you go on and evaluate the strategy?

[tripz]

I am pretty sure you cannot make up your own management policies....

Also tripz, isn't your management policy a strategy? I always get confused between the two, but I am pretty sure that what you have made up there is a strategy.

crap!
 
Sorry all, that was a strategy, not a management policy ><

[ben4386]

So Ben, when you are asked to evaluate a policy, you state what the policy is and then a strategy relating to that policy correct? Then do you go on and evaluate the strategy?

one of exams 06 or 08 asked you to identify a policy, (this was worth 1 mark) the policy is a big overall statement, so saying something like to eliminate pollution in Park X, is a bit vague, there was actually a mark for expanding on the policy, and by expanding on a policy you are really just stating strategies, i would just state the policy and expand on it highlighting a few strategies but dont write strategy #1 strategy #2 etc... just write a sentence or two describing the policy,

then if it asks so evaluate using criteria

[asdfr]

So Ben, when you are asked to evaluate a policy, you state what the policy is and then a strategy relating to that policy correct? Then do you go on and evaluate the strategy?

one of exams 06 or 08 asked you to identify a policy, (this was worth 1 mark) the policy is a big overall statement, so saying something like to eliminate pollution in Park X, is a bit vague, there was actually a mark for expanding on the policy, and by expanding on a policy you are really just stating strategies, i would just state the policy and expand on it highlighting a few strategies but dont write strategy #1 strategy #2 etc... just write a sentence or two describing the policy,

then if it asks so evaluate using criteria

So if I was asked to evaluate a policy to do with global temperature change, would something like this be acceptable.

"The policy is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Australia, and this is achieved by subsidizing the cost of solar energy"

Would that be a good way to start off answering the question? Then I would obviously expand on that and evaluate the rest of the strategy in detail (Eg. strengths, weaknesses and such)

[tripz]

So Ben, when you are asked to evaluate a policy, you state what the policy is and then a strategy relating to that policy correct? Then do you go on and evaluate the strategy?

one of exams 06 or 08 asked you to identify a policy, (this was worth 1 mark) the policy is a big overall statement, so saying something like to eliminate pollution in Park X, is a bit vague, there was actually a mark for expanding on the policy, and by expanding on a policy you are really just stating strategies, i would just state the policy and expand on it highlighting a few strategies but dont write strategy #1 strategy #2 etc... just write a sentence or two describing the policy,

then if it asks so evaluate using criteria

So if I was asked to evaluate a policy to do with global temperature change, would something like this be acceptable.

"The policy is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Australia, and this is achieved by subsidizing the cost of solar energy"

Would that be a good way to start off answering the question? Then I would obviously expand on that and evaluate the rest of the strategy in detail (Eg. strengths, weaknesses and such)

I'd ask you 'How does subsidizing the cost of solar energy reduce greenhouse gas emissions' too =P

[asdfr]

Does anybody know the factors that lead to the "distribution" of global temperature change?

I know some of the factors that lead to temperature change (Such as the industrial revolution), but what are the factors that lead to the distribution of it?