Geography · Stage 6

Global Sustainability

Resource use, consumption, environmental change and the governance responses to both.

Dot points
6
Module
3 of 5
Course
Geography
01What this module asks of you

The 6 syllabus dot points in Global Sustainability

These are the statements the Geography syllabus makes about Global Sustainability. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.

  1. 01

    Global Sustainability

    The concept of sustainability, its contested definitions and its spatial expression.

  2. 02

    Resource Consumption and Footprints

    Ecological and carbon footprints, and what they do and do not capture.

  3. 03

    Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

    Regional impacts, adaptive capacity and the uneven distribution of both.

  4. 04

    Food and Water Security

    The drivers of insecurity and the management responses at different scales.

  5. 05

    Governance and International Agreements

    Treaties, targets and enforcement, and why agreement is easier than compliance.

  6. 06

    Sustainable Development and Equity

    The tension between development and conservation, and how it is negotiated.

02How it is examined

What a Global Sustainability question asks you to do

HSC Geography - Examination Shape is 100 marks in 180 minutes. Questions on Global Sustainability are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Geography uses.

analyse3–6assess3–5design3–6discuss3–5evaluate3–5evaluate8–10explain3–6identify1interpret1justify3–5

Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.

03Where this module sits

Global Sustainability in the Geography course

Global Sustainability is module 3 of 5 in Geography. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.

Find the Global Sustainability dot points you have never been asked

Dux diagnoses Geography dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.