Module Identifier RD16410  
Module Title PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Dr Alister Scott  
Semester Semester 2  
Assessment Report   Community report Outcomes assessed: 1, 2, 5   50%  
  Exam   1.5 Hours Visitor survey Practical followed by examination. Outcomes asessed: 3, 4, 5   50%  

Outcomes


Outcome 1
Identify and describe the components of a rural community
Performance criteria:
a. The relevance of the rural community to countryside management is understood
b. The resources and services within a community are identified
c. The interactions and conflicts within communities are identified
d. The organisations involved in rural communities are identified
Ranges:
Resources and Services: People, Transport, Social, Economic, Commercial, Educational, Recreational
Community: Selected Mid Wales rural community and countryside management projects
Organisations: Top Down -Bottom up; Statutory/Non Statutory, Voluntary


Outcome 2
Examine the issues that impact upon and affect rural communities
Performance criteria
a. The opportunities facing rural communities are identified and described
b. The threats facing rural communities are identified and described
c. Rural polices and their resulting impacts upon rural communities are identified
Ranges:
Issues (opportunities/threats) - Quality of life, economic, social ,environmental, recreational
Policies: European- National - Regional - Organisational - local - Agenda 21


Outcome 3
Identify the impacts of recreation in the countryside
Performance criteria:
a. Physical impacts of people recreating in the countryside are identified
b. Conflicts caused by people recreating in the countryside are identified
c. The benefits of people using the countryside for recreation are identified.
Ranges:
Physical effects - erosion, congestion, pollution, noise , landscape
Conflicts:- wildlife, communities, conservation, land uses, development, access
Benefits:- economy, recreation, tourism, understanding, experiential


Outcome 4
Identify the factors that influence people's use of the countryside for recreation.
Performance criteria:
a. The physical factors that attract people to the countryside are identified.
b. The personal factors that attract people to the countryside are identified.
c. The managerial tools used in countryside recreation are identified.
Ranges:
Physical factors:- landscape, habitats, access, safety, activities
Personal factors :- health, relationships, confidence, safety, preferences
Managerial tools :- information, interpretation, countryside furniture, marketing, parking


Outcome 5
Identify the survey methods available to investigate rural communities and countryside recreation.
Performance criteria:
a. The process of designing a survey is understood and applied.   
b. The questionnaire survey is understood and applied
c. Techniques used to gather and analyse survey information are identified and applied.
Ranges:
Techniques Qualitative/ Quantitative:-   Audits, questionnaire survey, informal
interviews, observation

Module description


For students to understand the countryside they must be aware of the various people who impact upon it. At its most simple these can be reduced to the visitor and resident. Both groups have distinct needs, impacts and interactions from the countryside resource which must be identified and managed. The dynamic nature of these relationships regarding the visitor and resident within a rural community is examined with particular reference to spatial and temporal changes that have occurred.