Humanities Homework Help

I don’t understand this Psychology question and need help to study.

Review the task described in Exercise 3.3 of the Environment and Society book. Your task is to examine the tradeoffs between the importance and use of a canyon for tourism vs. use of the same canyon for mining operations.

For your assignment, you need to turn in a 200-250 word essay that answers these questions:

• Select a canyon that you want to focus on for your assignment and include a photo of the canyon (OK to copy from internet). Here are some options:
  • Grand Canyon, USA
  • Cañon de Chicamocha, Colombia
  • Cañon del Colca, Perú
  • Cloudland Canyon, Georgia, USA
  • Kings Canyon, California, USA
• What would you need to know to make a comparison or assessment of tourism in the canyon vs. the mining operation?
• What kinds of quantitative data are available to inform your decision?
• What kinds of things do you need to know for your decision that would be hard to measure?
• What groups might be more pro-tourism? What groups might be more pro-mining?