Lake District - UNIT 4 Case Studies
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- Created on: 20-05-17 10:15
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- Lake District (has found the 'balance' and raises their threshold)
- Sources
- www.laedistrict.gov.uk, www.bbc.co.uk
- Location/type of tourism
- Northwest corner of England, Cumbria
- Eco-tourism
- Receives 16.4m visitors a year
- + impacts of tourism
- Visitors spend approx £146 million
- Tourism provides 16,000 jobs in the National Park (2014)
- Supports local shops and businesses
- Currently over 87 active volunteers helping the environment
- Visitors spend approx £146 million
- - impacts of tourism
- Jobs are seasonal and wages are low
- Price rises in shops as tourists have more money to spend
- Large number of tourists can damage/put pressure of environment e.g. footpath erosion
- Demand for holiday homes pushes up house prices for local people
- Management
- Fix the Fells
- Aims to protect the lakeland from soil erosion by maintaining and repairing the paths
- Longdale Rambler bus service - aims to improve tourism transport
- Reduces erosion scars and also helps to protect the ecology and archaeological heritage of the landscape
- Aims to protect the lakeland from soil erosion by maintaining and repairing the paths
- Go Lakes Travel
- £6.9m initiative, funded by the Department of Transport
- Between 2011-2015 aims to generate a step change in how visitors travel to and around the Central and Southern Lake District
- £6.9m initiative, funded by the Department of Transport
- Low-carbon cottages
- Aims to reduce the carbon emission and running costs of traditionally built holiday cottages without damaging traditional character
- Sandford Principles - National Parks
- If there is a conflict between protecting the environment and people enjoying the environment, that can't be resolved by management,the protecting of the environment is more important
- Environmental Stewardship
- Agri-environment scheme that provides funding for farmers and other land managers in England
- Given only to those who show effective environmental management on their land
- Primary objectives include conserving the biodiversity
- Protecting natural resources and promote public understanding and access of the countryside
- Agri-environment scheme that provides funding for farmers and other land managers in England
- Fix the Fells
- Management successfulness
- Successful
- Fix the Fells repaired 102 pathways using money from partner organisations
- Public transport improved and subsidised
- 10mph speed limit introduced on Windermere in 2005
- Encourages tourists to use this instead of cars
- Unsuccessful
- Lake has been congested with powerboats/water skiers and noise from the speed boats - spoiling lake for other users
- Successful
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