1 / 10

NATIONAL PARKS.

NATIONAL PARKS. Everything you need to know about our scenic areas. Mr. J. Hartley. Lesson Objective: To have an understanding of what a National Park is and the purpose of them. 1) What is a National park? 2) When were they set up? 3) What is the purpose of National Parks?

charla
Download Presentation

NATIONAL PARKS.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. NATIONAL PARKS. Everything you need to know about our scenic areas. Mr. J. Hartley.

  2. Lesson Objective:To have an understanding of what a National Park is and the purpose of them. • 1) What is a National park? • 2) When were they set up? • 3) What is the purpose of National Parks? • 4) What kind of activities can you do in National parks?

  3. What are National Parks? • National parks are large areas of countryside where scenery and wildlife are protected so that everyone can enjoy them. • National parks were created in the 1950’s when the government thought there was a real danger of the land being lost to development, damaged or destroyed.

  4. What was the main idea behind it all? • The main idea was conservation and a need to protect the environment. • Protection of the ‘old way of life’ and ‘livelihoods’, people living there and living on farms also forestry and many other activities. • In 1951 The peak National Park became the first National Park in Britain.

  5. About the National Park. • The Peak District National Park covers 542 square miles of beautiful and often wild countryside, from a height of 636 m moorlands to the north to the green farmlands in the south. • Most of the land is still in private ownership and most is farmed, making the statement ‘National Park’ slightly confusing.

  6. Recreation and Tourism within the Peak District National Park. It is estimated that 17 million people live within 60 miles of The Peak District National Park. An estimated 30 million visits are made to the park each year, most of them by car. Tourism is probably the biggest contributor to industry in the Peak Park, with £137 million being spent each year by tourists. Around 4.8% of the houses in the Peak District are second or holiday homes. The main attractions to Castleton are the mines which hold some of the most unique stalagmites and stalactites. The Blue John mine which, was first founded by the Romans more than 2000 years ago. Mam tor and its surroundings. Pevril castle, home to William the conquerors son, William Pevril. Horse riding and cycling also attracts many visitors.

  7. Recreation and Tourism within the Peak District National Park. • SINCE 1945 THE DEMAND FOR RECREATIONAL USE IN OUR COUNTRYSIDE HAS INCREASED ENORMOUSLY. THIS HAS BECOME MORE APPARENT SINCE THE 1960S. • THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT MOST OF US WANT TO ESCAPE THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT OF WHICH WE LIVE. • (80-90% OF THE BRITISH POPULATION LIVE IN URBAN AREAS.) (BROMLEY.P. 1994)

  8. Access to the peak district. Castleton is small village 17 miles west of Sheffield and 37 miles east of Manchester, 2 of the largest cities in the UK. The Peak Park covers 555 square miles. The Peak park is the second most visited National Park in the world Attracting 23 million visitors a year. The sheer volume of vehicles entering the village, predominantly cause congestion problems. Access is majorly bad in the summer months especially weekends and bank holidays. Traffic in and around the village just comes to a standstill. The village itself has narrow winding streets which slows down traffic, and makes manoeuvring for coaches and large vehicles difficult. If two large vehicles have to pass each other major delays are caused.

  9. Impacts on Castleton! Environmentally, Congestion has a negative impact on the village. Emissions and noise pollution are two of the undesirables which are not welcomed, along with the visual impairment which are easily observed. Residents of Castleton feel their quality of life is somewhat disrupted. Problems arise when tourists park their vehicles in front of residents homes and generally cause problems, which results in resentment of tourists. It is not only the residents that see congestion as a problem, tourists also leave the area with a negative view. They come to escape the urban sprawl and traffic problems faced daily in the city, however more and more are finding, overcrowded streets, traffic congestion, and the never ending ques of motor vehicles. ‘Tourism today is often little more than an extension of the city and it’s lifestyle transposed onto a scenic background’. (Ryan 1991).

  10. COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION AND CONFLICT. • COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION CAN BE A NUMBER OF THINGS. • IT CAN BE WALKING THROUGH THE FIELDS ON A SUMMERS DAY, OR IT CAN BE, TRIAL BIKING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, OF OUR AREAS OF OUTSATNADING NATURAL BEAUTY. • CONFLICT OCCURS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTRYSIDE. • BIKERES DON’T LIKE RAMBLERS. • FISHERMEN DON’T LIKE SAILORS. • EACH OF THESE PASSTIMES ARE CLASSED AS COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER!! • SINCE 1945 THE DEMAND FOR RECREATIONAL USE IN OUR COUNTRYSIDE HAS INCREASED ENORMOUSLY. THIS HAS BECOME MORE APPARENT SINCE THE 1960S. • THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT MOST OF US WANT TO ESCAPE THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT OF WHICH WE LIVE. • (80-90% OF THE BRITISH POPULATION LIVE IN URBAN AREAS.) (BROMLEY.P. 1994)

More Related