Landscape changes in the Paris Basin

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Landscape changes in the Paris Basin

• Farm technology

• Improvements in technology played a part in
  farming change
• Farms more MECHANISED
• More advanced equipment (pivotal irrigation
  replacing channel irrigation)
• Computers farm planning and record keeping
• Refrigerated stores
• Better chemicals (fertilisers, herbicides,
  pesticides and fungicides)
• All great advantages, but what are the problems
  associated with this?
• Can you think of any?

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Problems with farm technology

• Increase pollution
• Air and noise from machinery
• Water pollution chemicals
• Fertilisers help algae to grow
• Unemployment
• Rural emigration declining population
• Local services close down
• Draw a flow diagram to show how small villages
• suffer due to mechanisation of farms.

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Solutions can you think of any?

• Set-aside policy fewer crops less chemicals
• Organic farming encouraged
• Improve living standards in countryside
• Grants given to young farmers
• Empty farm cottages holiday homes
• More industries in countryside

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Population and Settlement

• Rural emigration and depopulation
• Second homes in more attractive areas
• 20 French households second home
• Fontainebleau and Chevreuse Valley
• More second homes than permanent residents
• Can you see any solutions or problems with this?

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Problems

• Local services suffer
• House prices rise
• Solutions
• Improve living standards
• Improve farming
• Attract industries
• Develop tourism

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Increased tourism

• Empty farm worker cottages
• Set-aside policy
• Longer holidays, more cars
• Attractive areas e.g. Champagne

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Tourism Benefits

• Extra income
• Provides jobs
• Multiplier effect
• Depopulation reduced

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Multiplier Effect
More money for travel agents and owners of car
showrooms, furniture shops, cinemas
More jobs in hotels, cafes, shops, bars, tourist
attractions
More people with money to spend (disposable
income)
More people who can afford to buy luxuries, e.g.
holidays, cars, furniture, entertainment
More tourists
Increased business means more jobs in these
services
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Problems with tourism