Collection: Tech Book

For teachers of children for whom English is a second language. Based on the assumption that the classroom program is a major resource for language development & that children are not only learning a new language, but learning in that language as well.

This book focuses on the interactive nature of literacy development. The book is divided into three parts and moves easily from the theory of teaching literacy skills to its practice, and is at the cutting edge of both.

The Preparation of the Plan was steered by Penrith City Council Floodplain Risk management Committee whose members include councillors, council staff, community representatives and representatives from state agencies and adjacent councils. The study and plan is the culmination of many months of ...

Provides lots of sound practical advice about managing and conserving remnants of the native forests and woodlands which are often found on roadsides, stockroutes, farmlands and elsewhere. Increasingly there is a recognition that the combination of a large number of small remnants forms a nationa...

Summarises findings of a user study of medium-density public housing in Minto, Campbelltown, an outer Sydney suburb. The focus was on providing actionable information about family housing for use by planners, designers and administrators.

Councils have a major role to play in improving air quality in Sydney. councils already play a significant role in shaping our city - by planning building and operating social environmental and economic infrastructure overseeing the planning process

Aims to provide strategies and actions for the management of air quality at a local level. It is the intent that the plan will form part of Council's Corporate Plan, owned by all directorates, stakeholders, and in turn, the community.

A solution to traffic problems in residential areas is local area traffic management. This involves a number of ways to divert traffic from residential areas. A slide presentation transferred onto video