The problems and benefits of the Eden project
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- Created on: 09-03-16 19:21
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- The Eden Project.
- Problems.
- Economic
- Jobs are very low wages due to seasonality.
- Increased difficulty of full time recruitment of 7%
- Social
- Clashes between the tourists and locals.
- Jobs are only short term due to the seasonality of tourism.
- Traffic has increased yearly by 13%.
- Environmental
- Pollution has increased due to congestion.
- Litter in the area has increased.
- Economic
- Benefits.
- Social
- Designed by Tim Smit to create an educational tourism attraction.
- It employs 700 people and gives 3000 jobs in the local area that are involved in tourism.
- An educational centre is set to educate future generations about sustainability.
- Its benefits are not only felt in the Cornish area it uses 2500 local suppliers and south west of England provides 87% of those catering goods.
- Economic
- Brings 1,400,000 visitors in 2004.
- 12.8 million visitors since open.
- From 2001 to 2009 it has brought £1,000,000,000 to the Cornish economy.
- Environmental
- It redeveloped Brownfield site from old china clay mines/quarry.
- Infrastructure to the area has improved.
- 20% of all transport to the Eden project is public.
- Social
- Problems.
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