Tourism vs Landscape
The Lake District is beautiful and busy. Farmers, foresters, water companies, tourists and conservationists all want a piece of it. Weigh the benefits of development against its costs and reach a balanced judgement.
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A landscape everyone wants 🏞️
Glaciated uplands like the **Lake District** are stunning, and that makes them busy. Farmers, foresters, water companies, tourists and conservationists all want to use the same land. This module weighs the **benefits** of using and developing the land against its **costs**, and reaches a balanced judgement about **tourism**.
The language of land use 🔑
Four ideas run through this module:
Tourism, weighed up ⚖️
Tourism is the biggest use of many glaciated uplands. It brings much good, but also real costs.
Match each land use 🔗
- Farming
- Forestry
- Water storage
- Tourism
- Keeping hill sheep on the fells
- Planting conifers for timber
- Building reservoirs in the valleys
- Walking, climbing and sightseeing
A benefit of tourism 🥾
What is one ADVANTAGE of tourism in a glaciated upland like the Lake District?
- It brings jobs and income to local people
- It erodes the footpaths
- It causes traffic jams
- It drops litter across the fells
Case study: the Lake District 🏔️
The **Lake District** is a national park in a glaciated upland, its valleys and long lakes carved by ice. Millions of visitors come each year. That popularity brings income but also pressure, and the land is wanted for farming, forestry, water supply and conservation all at once. Managing these competing uses is the constant challenge.
Match each development to its main benefit 💧
- A reservoir
- A hydroelectric scheme
- Tourism
- A national park
- Stores water for towns and cities
- Generates renewable energy
- Brings jobs and money to the area
- Protects the landscape for the future
The costs of tourism 🚗
Select the TWO problems that heavy tourism can bring to a glaciated upland.
- Footpath erosion
- Traffic congestion
- More jobs for local people
- New renewable energy
Land use in words 🧩
How people use an area is its land _____. In a glaciated upland, farmers keep hill _____ on the fells, and water companies build _____ to store water. Millions of visitors come for _____, which brings money but also erosion and congestion. A national _____ protects the scenery.
A land-use clash 🏘️
A water company wants to flood a valley to build a new reservoir. Which land use does this most directly conflict with?
- The farms and homes in the valley, which would be lost
- The open sky above the valley
- The shops in a distant city
- The open sea far away
Spot the true statements 🖍️
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Weighing a development 🪜
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Resolve the conflict 🧭
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Evaluate tourism ✍️
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