7.5 Chapter Questions

1. Because it attracts to so many tourists and new residents every year that to keep the numbers sustainable the Gold Coast has to be built and sustained very well.

2. Erosion and constructive waves.

3. Building of rock walls and beach nourishment programs.

4. They have created the Beach Protection Act in 1968 that established the Beach Protection Authority which allows them to implement any coastal management strategies needed to protect the Gold Coast beaches. They have been successful and has even created great surfing spots.

5. Some of the management strategies used have taken away the beauty of the Gold Coast and its beaches.

6. a)  i. 27381   ii. 220366   iii. 6127   iv. 74539

b) Gold Coast, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, Darwin, Sydney, Hobart, Adelaide

c)

City	Population increase between 1999 and 2004	Annual population growth (%)
Sydney	212,124	1
Brisbane	182,610	2.2
Gold Coast	74,539	3.5

d) Because Sydney's population is far larger than the Gold Coast's its increase in people will usually mean its will be quite large compared to the Gold Coast's but because Sydney's population is so large in the first place then the Gold Coast's annual population growth will be larger if any small number of people come because its population is so small in the first place.

7. One centimetre on the map represent point two five kilometres on the ground.

8. Contour interval is 10 metres