Discover the positive and negative impacts development can have on your community.
Investigate some case studies about positive and negative development.
Consider who is responsible for getting development right where you live.
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Think about how you might help promote positive development where you live.
Create a proposal for a positive development in transport where you live.
Reflect on what you have learned about how development can impact on your community.
Whether you live in a big city, a housing estate in a suburb or in a quiet rural area, the chances are that your community will experience a lot of change in your lifetime.
Development has the power to affect all our lives for better or worse – so it is important that we as citizens get involved in shaping the kinds of development we want or need in our areas. The most profitable development may not suit the real needs of the community, for example when a hotel is built instead of affordable apartments.
suburb: residential area close to a city, but not in the city centre
