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Quick questions on Glaciated landscape management - Eduqas A-Level Geography
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What is opportunities for human activity?Show answer
Glaciated landscapes provide several opportunities. Tourism is the largest: dramatic relief, scenery, lakes and snow support walking, climbing, mountain biking and skiing, generating income and employment in the Alps and the Lake District. Water and energy are major: deep glacial troughs and high upland precipitation make ideal sites for reservoirs (water supply) and hydropower dams (clean electricity), as in Norway and the Alps. Farming and forestry use the valley floors and lower slopes for hill sheep farming and commercial forestry, though the short growing season and steep, thin soils limit output.
What is sustainable management?Show answer
Sustainable management seeks to reconcile use with protection across economic, social and environmental dimensions. National parks and protected-area designation give a planning framework; zoning separates intensive use (honeypots, ski areas) from sensitive zones; visitor management (signage, park-and-ride, footpath repair with stone pitching, seasonal restrictions) reduces damage; and community involvement keeps benefits local. These strategies work best where they are well funded and enforced, as in established national parks, but because cold ecosystems recover slowly, prevention and zoning are more effective than repairing damage after it is done.
What is q1?Show answer
State two opportunities that a glaciated landscape provides for human activity. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain why glaciated landscapes are described as fragile. [3 marks]
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