3.2.1 Contemporary Relationships Flashcards
4 main interactions
conservation, recreation, primary industries and tourism practices.
Define contemporary societal relationships
Relationships with Outdoor Environments that occur within the wider society in the last 10-15 years
Recreation
Pastimes that are a diversion from day to day routines.
Can be divided into Active and Passive recreational activities.
Examples include;
ACTIVE – Bushwalking, Surfing, Rock climbing, Canoeing.
PASSIVE - Strolling, Sightseeing, Bird watching
Conservation
Human efforts that are aimed at protecting environments from potential danger.
Can include; revegetation, erosion control in sand dunes, track and campsite development and maintenance, management plans (Parks Vic), minimal impact behaviours
Primary industry
Involve utilising the natural environment to grow, harvest, and extract natural resources for use by humans.
Examples include; Mining, Grazing, Agriculture, Forestry, Commercial Fishing, Energy Production, Dams, Desalination
Tourism
Tourism involves people travelling to visit outdoor environments that are away from their usual surroundings.
It can combine commercial and recreational (and occasionally conservational) in meeting people’s desire to experience natural environments.
Examples – Four wheel drive tours, horse riding in high country, outdoor adventure companies, sightseeing, cultural tours and Ecotourism
Influence of pattern of interaction
Technology Media Education/awareness Disposable income Scientific research Discourses Increased leisure time
Patterns of interaction
Patterns of interaction are noticeable trends in people’s interactions with natural environments over time.
For example, changes in participation rates in a particular recreational activity or
Changes in the type of interaction that society have with outdoor environments.
Relationship recreation
P playground/ gymnasium
I Quite often negative – continual pressure from regular use.
Construction of facilities (carparks, paths, etc.)
Positive – Connection or bond developed between the recreational user and the environment.
Relationship conservation
P museum
I Positive environmental impacts –
For example
Well managed parks = protection of natural habitat
Farmer who adopts sustainable farming practices such as fencing off and re-vegetating waterways = Improve the health of that environment and productivity of their industry
Relationship primary industries
P Resource for human needs
Superiority over the environment
I Often profound and long-lasting.
Alteration of landscapes through mining.
Reduction of biodiversity and modification of habitat through clearing of land for agriculture and grazing.
Pressure on specific species through commercial fishing.
Relationship tourism practices
P Operators
Environment as a ‘commodity’ or ‘resource’
Tourists
Museum, outdoor gymnasium
I Negative
Over – use of particular sites, environment being neglected
Positive
Can serve to educate participants (eco-tourism) in concepts such as minimal-impact and help to foster a positive relationship with the outdoor environment
Eg relationship conservation
P museum, temple, protect it, conserve it
I clean up Aus day
I revegetation, cleaner OE
Ignorant people litter cause others will clean up, animals die
List an outdoor activity.
List how the patterns of interaction have changed over time.
List three social, historical and cultural factors that led to this change in patterns.
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Eg relationship conservation
P museum, temple, protect it, conserve it
I clean up Aus day
I revegetation, cleaner OE
Ignorant people litter cause others will clean up, animals die
