lake district - rural - case study
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- Created on: 11-05-20 09:42
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- LAKE DISTRICT. CASE STUDY
- ISSUE 1
- lack of affordable housing
- national park restircts access for new builds
- local residents are restricted to retail jobs in area - as some cant commute to city for a better job
- eg. Ambleside - £300,000 family house - those working in retail will struggle to buy/rent
- these areas threshold pop may decrease if those people migrate to nearly towns (Kendal) for a better job
- SOLUTIONS
- 50-50 ownership
- local occupancy clause - houses only sold if you've been resident there for 3 years
- build more council houses
- lack of affordable housing
- ISSUE 2
- loss of services
- ambleside lost its P.O and 2 banks
- Hawkshead - lost its local GP practice as it ran a £30,000 deficit
- Elterwater - lost their PO and local shop and little locals are employed in
- reduction in bus services - increasing rural isolation
- SOLUTIONS
- a large polyclinic in Windermere has opened
- however, elderly would need transport, without it will lead to rural isolation
- commuting buses and a 'ring and ride' system
- however, this relies on the good will of volenteers
- a large polyclinic in Windermere has opened
- loss of services
- ISSUE 3
- Environmental damage
- footpath erosion
- around 4 miklion people walk 6km of the fells a year
- damage to soils and plants
- worst in honeypots areas - Wansfell
- parking problems and overcrowding
- shoreline erosion from jet ski hires by tourists on Windermere lake
- footpath erosion
- SOLUTIONS
- Fix the fells project - set out to repair landscape scars - using stone pitching
- in 2004, £915,000 spent on project
- however, it is volentary therefore umber of workers would vary.
- speed limits on lake is now 10 knots
- however, this has negatively impacted some businesses - Low wood hotel has lost its jet ski business
- Fix the fells project - set out to repair landscape scars - using stone pitching
- Environmental damage
- ISSUE 1
- Environmental damage
- footpath erosion
- around 4 miklion people walk 6km of the fells a year
- damage to soils and plants
- worst in honeypots areas - Wansfell
- parking problems and overcrowding
- shoreline erosion from jet ski hires by tourists on Windermere lake
- footpath erosion
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