Economic opportunities and environmental impacts in rural areas
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can identify ways in which rural areas generate income through tourism projects and rural diversification, and recognise the environmental impacts of these opportunities.
Key learning points
- Economic challenges from the decline in farming have led to new economic opportunities in rural areas.
- Tourism projects and rural diversification support the local multiplier effect which strengthens the local economy.
- An example of a tourism project in Eden is the Herdwick Stones and of rural diversification, Waterside House.
- Economic opportunities have environmental impacts which can be positive and negative.
Keywords
Tourism project - planned initiative designed to attract tourists such as new attractions, improvements to infrastructure, promotion of sustainable tourism and the development of tourism-related businesses
Rural diversification - increase the spread of commercial activities, for example, by creating new enterprises on a farm such as a shop or a B&B
Common misconception
Environmental impacts from economic development are always negative.
Environmental impacts from development can be negative, but they can also be positive, such as increased environmental awareness and reduced use of agricultural chemicals.
Teacher tip
Add a local component to this by finding an example of a local development which had some arguments around environmental impact within it. Or set up conflict more generally with a debate around the following motion: "This House would prioritise environmental protection over economic growth".
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the name of Liverpool's main shopping and leisure area?
Q2.Which sector mainly declined in Liverpool due to deindustrialisation?
Q3.What is studentification?
Q4.What is a common challenge faced by Liverpool's inner city areas?
Q5.How has Liverpool’s waterfront been regenerated?
Q6.Which statement about Liverpool’s rural-urban fringe is correct?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is rural diversification?
Q2.Which of these is an example of a tourism project in a rural area?
Q3.What is one reason rural diversification is important?
Q4.Why is it wrong to say environmental impacts from rural economic development are always negative?
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