Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Rocks Case Study
- Limestone-Yorkshire Dales
- Human Activity
- Quarrying-building, cement and fertiliser
- Tourism-walking, climbing, camping, caving, education and
scenery. 8million visitors provides employment and money
- Farming-sheep
- Problems
- Tourists-pollution and
congestion, conflict with locals
- Ramblers-drop litter, leave
gates open, cause conflict
- Environment-damage to
frequently used footpaths
- Tourists-buy second homes
pushing house prices up for locals
- Granite-Dartmoor
- Problems
- Quarrying-scars on the landscape, less attractive for touirsts and locals
- Tourism-pollution and congestion, can lead to conflict
- Touruists-buy second homes pushing house prices up for locals
- Human activity
- Quarrying-drystone walling, building and road stone. Benefits local economy.
- Tourism-National Park, walking and camping. 10million people per year.
- Farming-sheep
- Mining-copper and tin
- Chalk-South Downs
- Quarrying-cement
- Farming-sheep, racehorse and cows
- Clay
- Quarrying-pots, bricks and manufacturing paper
- Farming-hgih nutrient content, flat landscape, arable
farming, market gardening and dairy farming