Then ask students to consider the situation of monuments in Australia and compare it with the Indian situation. Discuss the reasons advanced in Australia for conservation or re-development. Also ask students to consider which of these factors could slow urbanisation in other countries and, in particular, in Australia. Then ask students to put themselves in the position of advisors to the Indian Government, which has asked for advice about how to continue to slow urbanisation. The task is to complete a piece of written work providing appropriate advice.
Students can use any of the information already discussed, together with their own ideas.
They should be warned, however, that they should not make expensive suggestions without also providing advice about how such suggestions can be funded. Responses should be shared. A discussion of whether similar suggestions would be appropriate in Australia could follow. The following exercises assume that students are living in areas with a town water supply. Students whose homes have other types of water supply can be invited to imagine that they live in a town.