Case Study: The ALPS
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- Created on: 23-04-16 12:45
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- Case Study: The Alps
- Key Facts:
- Location: Central Europe (Austria, Italy & France)
- Formed by African & Eurasian Plate
- stretches over 4000m up
- Location: Central Europe (Austria, Italy & France)
- USES
- Tourism
- Prime use of alps: Winter sports like skiing and snowboarding - huge attraction to the area
- Local residents run hotels, ski schools, and entertainment to support the tourism industry
- Summer months: Offers walking, climbing & mountain biking opportunities
- In doing so, this keeps the residents incomes fairly consistent all year round.
- 100 million visitors a year
- Prime use of alps: Winter sports like skiing and snowboarding - huge attraction to the area
- Engery
- Energy companies use the Alps because of its steep terrain.
- They build dams and manmade reservoirs - providing Hydroelectric Power (HEP)
- 60% of Switzerland's energy comes from HEP from the Alps
- The high rainfall and snowmelt provide a good water source for power for the HEP plants
- They build dams and manmade reservoirs - providing Hydroelectric Power (HEP)
- Energy companies use the Alps because of its steep terrain.
- Logging
- Industries use the region for logging
- Mountains and valleys covered in Coniferous forests
- Cut down for wood for builder, paper and fuel
- Trees always replanted to make the industry sustainable.
- Cut down for wood for builder, paper and fuel
- Mountains and valleys covered in Coniferous forests
- Industries use the region for logging
- Farming
- Famers farm sheep and cattle on the mountains & crops on the valley floor
- Farm vineyards in the summer on the sunny, south facing slopes for consistent income.
- Famers farm sheep and cattle on the mountains & crops on the valley floor
- Tourism
- Key Facts:
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