Case Study 6 - Conflict relating to leisure use in a rural environment
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- Case Study 6 - Conflict relating to leisure use in a rural environment
- LAKE DISTRICT
- Lake District, in Cumbria, NW England
- Near the M5, A66, A590 + A591)
- Largest/most popular NP in Britain, visited by 14mil / year
- Landscapes inc. mountains /lakes /moorland/ coast
- 42k people live in the LD
- 1/3 of jobs in LD link to tourism
- Lake District, in Cumbria, NW England
- PROBLEM 1: Traffic Congestion
- 90% of visitors go by car
- Heavy congestion at weekends/summer
- Limited parking
- Noise/air pollution
- Local people can't get to work / school
- PROBLEM 3: Footpath erosion
- Over 3000 km of footpath
- Popular areas (e.g. Helvellyn) are overused
- Footpaths get wider as people use edge
- Soil/ vegetation is destroyed
- PROBLEM 2: Conflicts btwn groups of people
- Farmers and Visitors...
- ...climb walls, which destroys them
- ...Leave gates open, causing animals to escape
- ...damage crops
- ...have dogs that chase animals away
- Residents and Visitors...
- ...congest roads
- ...leave litter
- buy houses as 2nd homes
- ...cause house prices to increase
- Different visitor groups...
- ...use boats which cause noise and scare away wildlife
- ...who cycle get in way of walkers
- Farmers and Visitors...
- Sustainable management to problems
- Access Corridors: A66 / A591 upgraded with more parking
- Some areas cannot be developed on
- Parking restricted
- Some lakes have free access for visitors
- LAKE DISTRICT
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