Pollution - Any hazardous or potentially hazardous substance released into the environment, Infrastructure - The facilities and services necessary for any community, city or country to function, e.g. roads, education and healthcare, Social Connectedness - The relationships that people have with others, Culture - The background of a person or group of people; e.g. ethnicity, Belonging to Country - The way Aboriginal Australians refer to their land and spiritual connection to it, Community - A group of people that share the same space, interests or belief systems, Spiritual Value - The value given to a place that can be used to create the identity of cultures or communities, Dreamtime - The key spiritual belief of Aboriginal people, Urban - A term used to describe a built-up area such as a city or town, Rural - A term used to describe an area located outside cities and towns such as farming or agricultural areas, Sustainability - The ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life, Population - The total number of people that live in a particular place on a permanent basis, Renewable Energy - A resource that can be regrown over time, Development - A rate of change or improvement in a particular area, Waste - A term given to something that is no longer useful or required, Non-Government Organisation - An organisation that share the same goal, who operate independently of the government, Green Space - A term given to an area of natural vegetation or a place of recreation, Non-Renewable Energy - A resource that cannot be regenerated once it has been used, Government - The official system of a nation or state that makes decisions about funding and community interests, City - A large or important town, Climate - The average weather of a particular location over an extended period of time, Climatic Zone - An area on the Earth’s surface that generally shares the same temperatures, rainfall and heat from the sun, Climate Graph - A bar and line graph that shows the rainfall and temperature in a particular place over a period of time, Environment - The total surrounds – this includes both human and physical elements, Natural Hazard - These are extreme and unusual events that occur naturally, Land Degredation - The wearing down of land resources through human actions in ways that threaten their environmental functions, Liveability - The measure of what a place is like to live in according to different reasons or factors, Place - A part of the Earth’s surface that is identified and given meaning by people, Factors affecting Liveability - Reasons that make a place more or less enjoyable to live, Residential - The term given to the area in which people live; a type of building where people live,

Place & Liveability Unit Glossary

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