Land uses

Question 1

6 LAND USE CONFLICTS (TOURISTS V FARMERS)

Answer 1

1. Gates can be left open, animals get out onto roads, vet bills increase.
2. Dog walkers with dogs scare sheep as they are loud, leads to miscarriage, vet bills.
3. Tourists drop litter, animals swallow and increase vet bills, spoils natural beauty of countryside.
4. Tourists block narrow country roads, delays farmers getting their fresh produce to markets, miss out on money.
5. Walkers, horse riders, off road vechiles, erode land resulting in poorer soil and land, harder to grow crops, miss out on money.
6. Trample crops, less produce, expensive to reproduce.

Question 2

6 MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR LAND USE CONFLICTS (FARMERS VS TOURISTS)

Answer 2

1. Provide styles so that tourists can cross fences and walls, not leave gates open.
2. Provide more litter bins to improve litter collection.
3. Take away all litter bins so tourists are encouraged to take litter home.
4. Ensure dogs are kept on leashes to not scare animals.
5. Educate tourists by leaving leaflets and posters around on how to take care of the country side.
6. Make durable footpaths with local stone such as graphite as it doesn’t wear easily.

Question 3

LAND USES IN LAKE DISTRICT
(GLACIATED UPLAND AREA)

Answer 3

1. Hill sheep farming - Sheep can easily survive in high mountain areas, crops can’t be grown as machinery is too hard to get up the mountains and soil is infertile due to little sunshine and lots of rainfall. Sheep are hardy, agile and sure footed, they have thick woolen coats to keep them warm especially in winter, they thrive off of poor quality grazing, they don’t require much care and attention.
2. Forestry - Coniferous trees grow well in upland areas such as pine, spruce and larch, more than 75,000 tons of timber is produced from these trees each year, provides many jobs such as cutting down trees and transporting the timber.
3. Water supply - Rainfall is heavy and lakes such as lake windermere are used to store the water for people of manchester. Natural lakes are cheaper than constructing a resovoir, granite is an impermeable rock which stores the water.
4. Wind farms (renewable energy) - high marginal land for building wind farms as there is strong winds which turn the turbines quickly, generating power.