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conflict in glacial areas (Snowdonia) (possabily could add more) - Coggle…
conflict in glacial areas (Snowdonia) (possabily could add more)
Farming
Mainly pastoral farming (animals) as soil is not right for plants
Conflict
People leaving gates open
people trampling plants
Grazing is destroying woodlands
Tourism
People visit glacial areas for the hiking and views
4.3 million visitors
Conflict
Clogging up infrastructure with lots of people using the small roads
Building new steam trains
Heritage Steam Experience
Second homes increasing housing prices
Footpath erosion, litter and the need for more car parking can cost the local authority
Shops providing food and such goods are being replaced by souvenir shops
Welsh language can be replaced by English in areas with lots of tourists
Benfits
Increase in local income due to money being spent by tourists
Provides lots of jobs and helps to diversify farming economy
£396 million are spent by tourists each year
New visitor center has been built costing £8.3 million. From it you can see as far away as Ireland, linked to the train lines going up the mountain, making it more accessible to people.
It has a cafe and gift shop
Mining/Quarrying
Glaciated areas have lots of rocks such as slate
Conflict
Creates eye sores with big holes in the ground
Can clog up infrastructure due to the need to move materials around
Can lead to the destruction of local habitats
Increased air pollution with dust particles and increased noise pollution with mining machinery
Rock is normally quite easy to mine
forestry
Areas are covered with woodland and coniferous forests
Conflict
Can impact infrastructure with the need to move materials about
Deforesation
Destroying habitats
Conservationists object to many of these due to damage to habitats and increase in pollution air/noise in areas with lots of traffic and quarying