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GCSE GEOGRAPHY CASE STUDIES
The Restless Earth Water on the Land The Living World
Population Change Globalisation
Tourism
Use the rule of the 5 ‘Ws’ when looking at a case study:
What happened?
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Why did it happen?
Who was affected?
The Restless Earth
KOBE EARTHQUAKE (HIC/MEDC)
Where/When January 17th 1995. Kobe region of central Japan. Causes
Oceanic Philippines plate was subducted below continental Eurasian plate. Destructive plate boundary.
5am made it worse as most people were still asleep and were not prepared.
7.2 on the Richter Scale (BIG EARTHQUAKE!)
$50 billion costs Primary Effects
Collapse of old wooden buildings, bridges and roads (Hanshin Highway the elevated road).
During the 20 second earthquake the ground moved up to 50cm horizontally and up to 1m vertically.
6, 400 dead. Secondary Effects
Fires that broke out all over the city of Kobe because of broken gas pipes and electric lines.
Many more people died in the fires
Congestion and chaos on the roads – damage to all types of transport including trains.
Closure of businesses. Industry on the port was also badly affected.
Problems made worse by the large number of aftershocks. Responses
SHORT TERM - people given emergency shelter in schools, town hall and parks
LONG TERM - New laws were passed to make buildings and transport structures even more earthquake proof.
More instruments were installed in the area to monitor earthquake movements.
IZMIT, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE (LIC/LEDC)
Where/When August 17th, 1999. City of Izmit, Turkey. Causes
Eurasian and African plate colliding past one another. The conservative margin slipped causing the earthquake.
6.9 on the Richter Scale. Primary Effects
Poorly constructed buildings collapsed
Damage to power lines and pipes causing fires
People trapped in houses
17,000 people killed, more than 27,000 injured
Tidal waves flooded farmland on the coast causing damage to crops
Fire at an oil refinery caused air pollution Secondary Effects
200,000 people homeless
Temporary shelter in tents for many weeks with no running water, poor sanitation
People suffered from diarrhoea and cholera due to lack of clean water and untreated sewage contaminated rivers killing fish.
Responses
SHORT TERM – aid included medical supplies, tents, blankets and Emergency Rescue Teams from many countries including UK, USA, Germany, France and Japan.
LONG TERM – planning for natural disasters (education) and money to repair its infrastructure.
SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO, MONTSERRAT (LIC/LEDC)
Where/When July 1995 Montserrat, Island in the Caribbean. Causes
On a destructive plate boundary. Caribbean plate being subducted under the North American plate.
Was a dormant volcano, hadn’t erupted for more than 200 years. It was unexpected. Primary Effects
People killed
Plymouth, capital city buried
Loss of homes, animals and crops Secondary Effects
Destruction of airport lead to no trade
Loss of tourism
The need to rebuild
Stress for people
Relies upon aid from London Responses
SHORT TERM – Evacuation
LONG TERM – aid totalling £41 million from British government.
£10.5 million to relocate refugees
£2400 offered to each adult over 18 wanting to leave the island.
MT. ST HELENS VOLCANO, WASHINGTON, USA (HIC/MEDC)
When/Where March 1980 Washington state, Cascade Mountains, USA. Located on the ‘Ring of Fire’ Causes
On a destructive plate boundary
N. American and Pacific plates collide
Pacific plate is sub-ducted and pressure/heat causes rock to "melt" into magma
Increased pressure caused Mt St Helens to erupt. Primary Effects
520km of pine forests flattened
ash and mud blocked roads, chocked rivers, bridges destroyed
ash cloud took 17 days to travel round the world
57 people died
livestock, wildlife and crops destroyed
the national park was closed
Volcano triggered giant landslide – 700mph
Secondary Effects
national park partly destroy
local tourism disrupted i.e. camp sites, hotels etc.
farming community and locals suffered huge losses-land, £, property
Environment suffered - loss of trees, 1000s of birds and other animals (deer, elk and bear) lost their habitats
Unemployment in the immediate region of Mount St. Helens rose tenfold and then returned to nearly normal levels once timber salvaging and ash-cleanup operations were underway
BUT
souvenir ash trays/T-shirts
became an even bigger tourist attraction
some financial compensation
fertile soil
rapid natural recovery
huge tree planting and clean up programme
FOLD MOUNTAIN RANGE (ALPS) Where Central Europe, the Alps form the border between Italy and the neighbouring countries of France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The highest peak is Mont Blanc near the French-Italian border at 4810 metres. Formation
When fold mountains are formed various rocks get folded in a variety of ways. These have specific names which you have to learn for the exam:
Geosyncline - a large depression in which sediment has been deposited into it
Anticline - the upfolds of folded rock Syncline - the downfolds of folded rock Nappes - when the rock has been severely folded and
faulted it forms these
Physical problems for people
Relief – mainly high and steep. There is little flat land for farming and building settlements.
Climate – with increasing height it gets colder, windier and wetter and more precipitation falls as snow. Often impossible to grow crops at high levels.
Soils – mountain soils are typically stony, thin and infertile.
Accessibility – roads and railways are expensive to build; travel on them is frequently disrupted by rock falls; avalanches and bad weather. High mountains in inland areas such as the Himalayas are the least accessible of all.
Human activities
1. Farming
Farms located on sunnier and warmer south-facing slopes
Dairy farming is prominent, use a system called ‘transhumance’ which is the seasonal movement of animals. In summer, the cattle are taken up to the high alp to graze, in winter the animals return to the farm on the valley floor, where they are kept in cattle sheds.
Changes to traditional farming system have been made – cable cars are used to bring milk to the co-operative dairies down on the valley floor.
Farmers but in additional feedstuffs, so that they and their cattle can stay on the valley floor farm all year.
2. Forestry Coniferous trees cover many of the slopes. Wood, as a plentiful local resource has always been the main building material and winter fuel.
3. Tourism Winter tourism (examples of resorts are St Moritz and Chamonix)
Snow for skiing and other winter sports; in between the days of heavy snowfall there and many sunny, crisp and clear days.
Flatter land on high-level benches (high alp) for easy building of hotels, restaurants, ski lifts and other facilities
Steep slopes above the resorts for ski runs amid great mountain views.
Summer tourism (examples of resorts are Interlaken and Garda)
Large glacial lakes on valley floors
Beautiful mountain scenery with snow capped peaks.
4. Hydro-electric Power (HEP) and Industry
The steep slopes, high precipitation and summer melting of glaciers produce fast flowing rivers that are ideal for generating HEP
The narrow valleys are easy to dam and there are lakes in which to store water.
Cheap HEP is used by industries which require high input of electricity, such as sawmills and fertiliser manufacturing
Some of the electricity is also exported to other regions to supply towns and cities.
TSUNAMI, ASIA (HIC/MEDC) When/Where December 2004 Earthquake Indian Ocean, off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Places affected Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Malaysia, Somalia and others. Causes Pressure from the Indo-Australian plate pushing under the Eurasian plate (destructive plate). 8.9 magnitude – 5th strongest earthquake ever recorded. Effects Number of people dead/missing – 220 000+ Number of people displaced – about 2 million Houses destroyed – over 500 000
Indonesia – Province of Aceh, lying closest to epicentre was worst hit. A mosque was the only building left standing in the town.
Thailand – tourist beaches and resorts such a Phuket took the main hit. A big loss of income to the Thai economy.
India – Livelihoods of poor coastal fishing communities wrecked. 4500 fishing boats destroyed in one coastal area alone.
Sri Lanka – whole island badly hit; southern city of Galle worst affected. Over a million homeless; 1700 killed in train swept off tracks.
Responses
In a week over £450 million had been pledged from all over the world.
Cargo planes from all over the world brought blankets and medicines.
Trucks full of food, medicines and body bags reached places still accessible by road.
Air drops to coastal communities that were cut off from outside world.
Troops using bulldozers helped to clear the dead bodies into mass graves to reduce the risk of disease spreading.
Positive The international tsunami warning system between countries. Now governments and people are aware of potential dangers from strong earthquakes in oceans.
Water on the Land
FLOODING IN BANGLADESH (LIC/LEDC)
Where/When 15th September 1998 Bangladesh. Causes Effects
Flood waters swept away and caused severe damage to railways, roads and bridges. This cut communications and made rescue operations difficult.
Water supplies were contaminated by dirty water and sewage and fresh water became scare.
Farmland was flooded and over 50% of crops in flooded areas were lost.
Many people lost their homes and belongings
Many were killed (over 2000). Deaths were not only due to being swept away by the flood waters but also secondary effects of flooding, such as disease spread in contaminated waters and the lack of food resulting in starvation in some cases.
There were great financial loses, such loss of income by shops and businesses which were unable to sell goods or services and the costs incurred due to damaged infrastructure (roads, buildings etc.)
BANGLADESH CONTINUED...
RESPONSES
Short Term
Farmers provided with free seed from the government
Foreign aid was given (including £21 million from the UK government)
Water Purification tablets were brought by money raised by the WHO (World Health Organisation)
Food aid was given (including foreign and national aid)
Long Term
Flood protection shelters built (able to provide shelter in times of flood but have on other occasions been swept away by floods)
Flood embankments built along the river. (7 500km built since 1947) Not always successful.
Upstream dams proposed. These would hold back peak flow, but the costs of construction are very high.
Reduce deforestation in headwater areas.
Making provision for emergency flood warning systems to give warnings and organise sufficient rescue and relief services (provision of emergency medical and food supplies).
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODS, USA (HIC/MEDC) Where/When August 1993 Mississippi, USA Causes
PHYSICAL – snowmelt in spring
Torrential downpour of rain – saturated soil.
HUMAN - Urbanisation of the flood plain – reducing infiltration rate
Poorly built non-federal levees
The channelisation of the river (straightening river) – especially at St. Louis resulting in a faster flow of water
Primary Effects
50 people died
62,000 families were evacuated
72,000 homes destroyed
70% of levees damaged
55 towns flooded
6 million acres of farmland flooded Secondary Effects
River traffic stopped for several months
Crop losses were put at $2.6 billion
Insurance pay-outs reached $12billion in property alone
Stagnant water attracted mosquitoes and rats – threat of disease
Electricity lines collapsed
Transport – roads, railways and bridges affected. Responses
Dams & Reservoirs – 6 huge reservoirs have been built along the River Missouri to store excess water
Afforestation – Increase in tree cover to delay surface run-off into rivers
Levees – have been strengthened with concrete mattresses to reduce erosion of river banks
FEMA – the Federal Emergency Management Agency has published risk assessments and encourages risk settlements to move off the flood plain.
FLOOD FORECASTING – The National Weather Authority are now responsible for flood warnings along the river.
The Living World DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST, BRAZIL
Causes
TNC (Trans National Corporations) grow crops, extract raw material by mining or develop energy on a commercial scale
Cattle ranching – world’s largest export in beef
Local people need land to farm by using the ‘slash and burn’ process.
Roads such as the ‘Trans-Amazonia Highway’. Needed to move timber, cattle, minerals etc.
Logging – extracting wood such as mahogany, which will be exported to MEDCs around the world. When trees are cut they often pull down many other trees nearby.
Effects
Loss of wildlife – birds, insects and other animals lose their habitats
Loss of medicines – over half of our modern day medication comes from the Amazon
Native tribes have been driven from their homes. Their traditional way of life is becoming eliminated
Soil erosion – no trees = increased surface run-off, which causes both soil erosion and severe frequent flooding.
Carbon dioxide and Oxygen balance – No trees to take in CO2 and to give out O2. More CO2 in the atmosphere contributes to climate change.
Mining spoils land – people working illegally for mining companies destroy vegetation by using high pressure water jets and pollute the water supplies with toxic minerals from the mining.
Responses – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES
Cabling – or heli-logging is where trees are airlifted out by helicopter which reduces the amount of needless destruction.
Replanting – replaces trees that are cut down. More laws insist this. A variety of species of trees have to be replanted
Zoning – Identifying different areas/zones for different uses. Different zones set aside for tourism, forestry, mining and national parks.
Selective logging – used by small env. Groups, only selected trees are chopped. The best trees are left to maintain a strong gene pool
Horse logging – dragging trees out of forest using horses rather than huge trucks.
Natural regeneration – leaving areas of the forest to recover naturally before removing the trees again.
Traditional methods i.e. Rubber tapping – when indigenous people extract rubber from trees. It is sustainable as long as enough time is left in between collection of the rubber for the trees to recover.
HOT DESERT, WESTERN USA (HIC/MEDC)
Activities
Tourism - Spectacular mountain scenery in protected National Parks. - Las Vegas provides is the entertainment and gambling centre - Guaranteed dry weather and sunshine attracts visitors
Mineral Extraction - Gold and silver attracted early settlers - Copper, lead, zinc and coal are more economically important - Vast mineral wealth – important mining area in USA
Water stores for irrigation – Colorado River is a managed river, with dams and reservoirs. - Some water is used for farming and in tourist cities.
Challenges Faced
- Main issue is water - River Colorado can no longer meet all the demands placed upon it – it often
reaches the sea in Mexico as a mere trickle to the annoyance and cost of Mexican people
- Las Vegas is using up the underground aquifer more quickly than nature can replenish it.
- The demand is there because of continued growth in tourism and retired people migrating to areas around Phoenix.
Management
Visitors to National Parks are managed by providing visitor facilities such as car parks, camp and camper sites, maintained walking tracks and controlled numbers at peak times.
Park rangers supervise the parks to maintain the wildlife and natural beauty that visitors go to see – but which could be destroyed by those same visitors.
HOT DESERT, SOUTHERN PAKISTAN (LIC/LEDC)
Activities
Subsistence farmers – farming that provides for the basic needs of the family. Not to sell
Nomadic pastoralists – the Baluchi tribe have to keep moving in search of fresh grazing for their livestock groups of sheep, goats and camels.
Animal supplies – animals supply almost all needs of tribes – milk, meat, wool and skin for leather goods.
Traditional methods – people gather fuel wood for cooking. By obtaining water from underground using the Persian wheel, people are able to grow staple food crops.
Challenges faced
- Sheep and goats in abundance (great quantity) because of rising population requiring more livestock to supply their needs.
- Goats are destructive because they eat everything green in their path. - Problems with overgrazing and consequent soil erosion, made worse by
clearances of vegetation for fuel wood. - In crop growing areas the fallow periods to allow the soil to recover is being
reduced – because of population pressure. - Over- watering of crops leads to salinisation: as water evaporates in the heat,
surface concentrations of salt are left behind.
Management
Desert tribes are too poor to undertake initiatives that would increase sustainability such as reducing herd numbers but increasing animal quality, planting fast-growing trees and building small dams.
Only in a few areas where aid agencies are active small communities are being introduced to water saving and more sustainable techniques.
TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS WOODLAND, NATIONAL FOREST, MIDLANDS, UK
LOCATION
National Forest created in 1990. Covers 520 square km of the English Midlands spanning parts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire.
USES OF THE FOREST
Conservation and community involvement – preservation of ancient woodland; unique habitats for woodland birds; involvement of the local community through educational and recreational visits and sponsored tree planting from companies.
Commercial forestry – old mature trees selectively felled; younger trees also felled and saplings cut where their density is too high (both part of good forest management); a woodland economy created, leading to local employment in forestry and a forest income; helps satisfy the demand for timber.
Recreational needs – walkers, cyclists and horse riders are met by a network of country lanes, walks and cycle trails; tourism supports over 4000 jobs; Conkers is the family visitor attraction near Ashley de la Zouch (name of a town in forest). 90% of woodland areas have public access.
MANAGEMENT
The overall aim is to increase woodland cover to about one third of the area, with 30 million trees planted, mostly deciduous. The emphasis is on sustainability – in landscape, wildlife habitats, local employment, economic activities and recreational use.
Population Change CHINA’S ONE CHILD POLICY
The government introduced the ‘one child’ policy in the hope that the population would stabilise at about 1.2 billion early in the 21st century. STRATEGIES (METHODS USED) It is virtually illegal to have more than one child and families are criticised and fined. Advertising campaigns and incentives used by the Chinese government:
WHY HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD? For you with one child: Free education for your one child Family allowances, priority housing and pension benefits
For those with two children: No free education, no allowances and no pension benefits. Payment of a fine to the state from earnings.
To help you Women must be 20 years old before they marry. Men must be 22 years old before they marry. Couples must have permission to marry and have a child. Family planning help is available at work.
REMEMBER: One child means happiness
RESULTS
The One Child Policy has brought the birthrate in China down.
Birth rate per 1000:
BR per 1000
1970 33.43
1990 21.06
2006 14.5
DRAWBACKS AND PROBLEMS
- 2/3 of China’s population are peasant farmers living in rural areas, these couples want large families to help them work in the fields and to look after them in their old age.
- Chinese culture holds boys in higher esteem than girls, as a result baby girls have been killed by couples who want a son.
- Forced abortions and sterilizations have been reported. - Young men are having difficulty in finding partners because of the shortage of women. -
HOW EFFECTIVE OVERALL Although the number of babies being born has reduced, this will result in an increasing proportion of older people, a smaller workforce to look after them and a disproportionate number of boys to girls.
AGEING POPULATION, (UK)
Problems Caused
People are drawing their pensions for longer – state pension is low the government is struggling to pay for it.
Living longer increases the need for healthcare and social services, for more places in nursing and care homes and for home services such as daily care and meals on wheels.
Cost of maintaining current levels of care services, is set to double to £24billion by 2026.
Strategies for coping with problems
Raising retirement age. In UK retirement age is 65, this is going to change in stages, so that by 2046 it will be 68. People will have to work longer, so there will be more people paying tax and fewer claiming pension.
Increasing financial benefits and employment rights for pregnant women.
Welcomed migrant workers into the UK. Many come from EU countries of Eastern Europe, this increases the number of people paying taxes which helps to pay for the state pension and services.
Likely effectiveness? Future generations will have to work longer and rely on their families to support them in old age.
GLOBALISATION TRANS-NATIONAL CORPORATION (TNC)
SIEMENS, GERMANY Location of HQ Berlin and Munich, Siemens is the largest engineering group in Europe. Other Locations Over 190 countries and regions (in almost every country in the world) including Malaysia, China, Israel, Argentina. Types of Businesses
Electrical and electronic consumer goods – Bosch (owned by Siemens) household appliances e.g. washing machines and tools e.g. drills
Industrial – High speed trains, software and IT systems and Osram lighting systems.
Energy – Generators and turbines for power stations, wind turbines, power transmission systems.
Healthcare – Eye scanners, hearing devices and laboratory equipment.
ECONOMIC GIANT, CHINA INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
World Importance
World’s largest manufacturing country
Produced 19.8% of world manufacturing output in 2010 -
Dominates world production of ready-to-wear clothes, footwear and toys.
Has over 25% of world production of TV sets and washing machines
Makes half of the world’s cameras, mobile phones and photocopiers. Reasons for Growth
Cheap labour- wages are low by world standards. Asian workers are reliable and work hard for long hours
Transport – Access to main shipping lanes. Sea has always been the cheapest way to transport goods over long distances. Shanghai is a major port and business centre and Hong Kong remains China’s outlet to the world.
Government backing – commitment to economic development. Encourage the import of overseas companies’ capital and technology to establish factories and provide employment.
Markets – Asia is the most populous continent, the future potential of Asian markets is enormous as economies grow and personal wealth increases.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY, WIND POWER How it works
The wind turns two or three propeller-like blades around a rotor. The rotor is connected to the main
shaft, which spins a generator to create electricity.
Locations Wind turbines need to be in areas with regularly high wind speeds. This means that exposed coasts or upland areas are best. There are on shore and off shore wind farms. Advantages
Wind fuel is free
Wind farms create jobs in rural areas
Does not generate waste and has little impact on local ecosystems
Wind power can be developed on a small scale
There is no emission of greenhouse gases, contributing to global warming and acid rain
Wind farms can be constructed in a few months (thermal power stations take 6-10 years). Disadvantages
Rotor blades can be damaged in strong turbulent winds.
It takes 30 wind farms to generate the same amount of electricity as one coal fired power station.
The setting up costs are more expensive than for traditional fossil fuel power stations
Some people consider the wind farms to be visually unattractive and noisy.
TOURISM
TOURISM IN HIC/ MEDC, LAKE DISTRICT, UK
Reasons for growth
Scenery – large lakes e.g. Windermere and mountains e.g. Scafell Pike
Activities – bird watching, walking, pony-trekking, boat riding, and rock climbing
Cultural attractions – Beatrix Potter and Wordsworth Museums Problems created by visitors to the Lake District
High number of visitors leads to parking problems, noise pollution and air pollution
Footpath erosion
One in six of Lakeland properties are second homes / holiday cottages. Demand has forced house prices to rise beyond the reach of most local people
Shop keepers increase prices to take advantage of the tourists – this is a problem for locals
Employment may only be seasonal
Honeypot sites become overcrowded during peak periods (e.g. Beatrix Potter’s house and Aira Force Waterfall)
Strategies
Coping with extra traffic – campaigns to encourage people to use new services e.g. ‘Give the driver a break’ campaign. Provides leaflets that show the routes available and offers discounts at cafes.
Coping with erosion – encouraging visitors to use less vulnerable areas. Using hard-wearing material for paths. E.g. at Tarn Hows, severely eroded footpaths have been covered with soil and reseeded, and the main route has been gravelled to protect it.
Protecting wildlife and farmland – there are signs to remind visitors to take their litter home. Campaigns to encourage visitors to enjoy the countryside responsibly e.g. by closing gates and keeping dogs on a lead.
Plans for the future The official tourism strategy for Cumbria is to attract and extra 2 million visitors by 2018:
Public transport will be improved to make the lakes more accessible
Widespread marketing and advertising for area
Farms encouraged to provide services like quad biking and archery alongside traditional farming
Timeshare developments (where people share the ownership of a property, but stay there at different times) are to be increased, to help bring people into the area all year round.
TOURISM IN LIC/ LEDC, KENYA Attractions
Tribal cultures and wildlife including the ‘big five’ – rhino, lion, elephant, buffalo and leopard
Warm climate all year round
Beautiful scenery – Savannah, mountains, forests, beaches and coral reefs. Positive effects
Economic – tourism contribute to 15% of country’s GNP. Creates jobs for local people.
Social – culture and customs preserved as traditional dancing is displayed to visitors
Environmental – 23 National Parks in Kenya – tourists have to pay to get in, this money is used to maintain the parks, which help protect the environment and wildlife.
Negative effects
Economic – only 15% of the money earned goes to locals. The rest goes to big companies overseas
Social – Masaai tribespeople forced to leave land to create National Parks. Some Muslim people in Kenya are offended by the female tourists dress.
Environmental – safari buses destroy vegetation and cause soil erosion. Wild animals hunting and breeding patterns have changed.. Coral reefs have been damaged by tourist boat anchors.
Strategies for the future The Kenya National Tourism Master Plan emphasises
Walking or horseback tours are being promoted to reduce number of vehicle safaris
Alternative activities that are less damaging to the environment are being encouraged, eg climbing and white water rafting
Big hope for ecotourism as a way of spreading tourist money among more people and increasing the involvement of tribespeople in preserving the wildlife and the environment.
EXTREME TOURISM, ANTARCTICA Attractions
Scenery, icebergs and nesting penguins by the millions in summer. Remoteness. Impacts
Tourists trample plants, disturb wildlife and drop litter
Accidently introduce non-native species or diseases and wipe out existing species.
Spillage of fuel from ships e.g. MS Explorer in 2007 sank. Fuel spills killed mussels and fish and birds that feed on them.
Measure in place
The Antarctica Treaty – international agreement, 1961 signed by 47 countries. The treaty is designed to protect and conserve the area and its plant and animal life. New limits on tourism mean only ships with fewer than 500 passengers are allowed to land there.
International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has set guidelines for tourists – Tourists cannot go within 5 metres of penguins
Do not walk on lichens Do not leave litter or waste Tourists must stay with their group supervised by a qualified guide.
ECOTOURISM, THE MAASAI IN KENYA Facts
¾ of the wildlife found in Kenya is on Maasai land outside game parks.
Tourists demand to see wildlife on safari Characteristics
Environmentally sound – natural environments and wildlife safeguarded
Socially sound – considers the needs of people and involves locals in decision making
Sustainable – looking after today’s tourist and considers future generations
Ecotourism is responsible tourism Sustainable benefits to the people (social), economy and environment
Maasai tribes are financially better off
More Maasai children attend school
Maasai have better healthcare
Kenya National Tourism Master Plan – create a larger variety of holidays, e.g. adventure holidays and distribute tourists. Increase the park entrance fees and set higher minimum hotel prices and re-invest into game park improvements