Land Use - Actual and Potential in Central Scotland: a Tour to Pose the Problems

Abstract

During the seminar a trip was made to three locations where it is imperative to realise the potential of contrasting sets of conditions (Figure 1):

• i) Moorlands in central Scotland - an area of low but significantly underused potential, which, however, has few development prospects or options.

• ii) An urban fringe at the outskirts of Glasgow - an area of rich agricultural, amenity and recreation potential but where the competing pressures of these potentials commonly result in conflict and misuse.

• iii) The environs of Loch Lomond, an area of outstanding beauty - an area of international conservation interest which could be threatened by economic and recreational pressures.