CASE STUDY - contrasting Glaciated Landscape From Beyond UK to Analyse how it presents Challenges + Oppurtunities for Human Occupation + Development Flashcards
Where is it
The Sápmi region of the tundra, Northern Europe
Where’s the Sápmi region
What’s it also known as
Area stretching across far northern Norway, Sweden, Finland + the Kola Peninsula of Russia
Also known as Lapland
How many people live in the Sápmi region
2 million
What are the people called that live in the Sápmi region
Sami people
3 social challenges for the Sami people
- now a minority population in their region
- many young Sami are leaving their traditional communities
- cultural traditions are threatened
Why are young Sami leaving their traditional communities
As they’re attracted to more settled comforts, education + employment opportunities of an urban modern life
Why are the Sami people’s cultural traditions threatened
As communities become ageing populations with less people to pass traditions on to
2 economic challenges for Sami people
Only 10% manage to solely remain as nomadic reindeer herders
Tourism challenges those wishing to maintain traditional economies based on reindeer herding, fishing, hunting + small-scale agriculture
4 environmental challenges for Sápmi people
Live in arctic circle with short, milder summers but long, dark winters
Long distance travel is difficult due to lakes, rivers + marshes
Vegetation is generally sparse
Frozen ice + lakes can no longer be used for reindeer to walk to new grazing lands
2 things in Sápmi region causing increased tourism
It’s rich in mineral deposits
Has ice free ports
What are the summers and winters like in the arctic circle
Summers - short,mild
Winters - long,dark
Why is long distance travel difficult in the Sápmi region
Due to many lakes, rivers + marshes
What have rivers been dammed here for
Hydroelectricity
3 social opportunities for human occupation + develop
- efforts to protect rights of + promote cultures and livelihoods of indigenous people
- increased tourism means the Oskal clan can make money by giving people a traditional reindeer herding experience
- can keep bigger herds due to modernising herding practices
How can the oskal clan make money from tourism
With traditional herding practices for tourists
