Lake District Management Case Study

Question 1

How is it affected by climate change?

Answer 1

-Extreme weather events e.g. 2009 Cumbria floods

-Peat dries out, releases stored carbon

-Wildfires more likely when peat dry

Question 2

Problems

Answer 2

-Traffic congestion = Air pollution = Bad health

-Trampling compacts soil = Surface runoff + soil erosion, flood risk increased

Question 3

Management

Answer 3

-Limiting 2nd homes

-Low carbon lake district programme done by calculating emissions and working to reduce

-Preparing for climate change

Question 4

National Park Protection

Answer 4

-Lake district is a national park

-However, as most of the land is privately owned, many environmentally damaging actions e.g. hunting are permitted

-So, although it has national park status, it’s not actually that effective in it’s protection and relies more on individual land owners and tourists to protect the environment