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well as ensuring that local communities benefit economically from
related activities, including long-distance walking. Other stakeholders
include local tourist boards, local enterprise companies and other gov-
ernment-funded, non-departmental bodies like the Forestry Commission
(Morrow, 2005).
Given this mix of ownership and management responsibility, a
model of inter-sectoral cooperation exists similar to what Boyd and
Timothy (2001) proposed for cooperation in heritage places at different
scales. In their model (Figure 7.7), the type of partnership most appli-
cable to Scotland's long-distance trails relates closely to a blending of
Type A and Type B. Morrow (2005: 242-243) suggested that the part-
nership in the Scottish example works 'because of the commitment and
competence of the individuals involved'. Its structure allows stakeholder
engagement by SNH to involve agencies and communities that express
interest related to particular places along the way.
Context
Protected landscapes
Mixed-use landscapes
TYPE A
TYPE B
Formalized partnership, equal
relaonship
Formal or informal partnership,
unequal relaonship
Local &
regional
Grass-roots focused
Agency-driven
High degree of cooperaon
Degree of cooperaon between
government agencies
Scale
TYPE C
Informal-unequal partnership
TYPE D
Informal partnership
Bi-naonal
& inter-
naonal
Local-level agency driven,
grassroots focused
Local-level agency-driven approach
Limited degree of cooperaon only
on issues of mutual
benefit/mandates
Cooperaon between same level
polies
Figure 7.7
Partnership models for landscapes of different context and scale
Source: Adapted from Boyd and Timothy (2001).
Conclusion
The outset of this chapter stated that the management of trails and
routes is complex; levels and types of use will vary, tourism and recreation
impacts will vary, and conflicts over users and uses will occur as the man-
date of providing access and activities may have to be balanced against some
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