why do people do not prefer to live in alpine regions
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Human impact on the Alpine environment
The early travelers to the Alps were greatly inspired by the pristine beauty of what they saw, and from their inspiration sprang the modern popularity of the Alpine region. With popularity, however, came growth; and the impact of so many people caused a steady degradation of the Alpine environment beginning in the mid-20th century. This has resulted in air of poorer quality; water pollution in rivers and lakes; a rise in noise pollution; slope erosion caused by the construction of ski slopes and roads; dumping of solid and organic waste; erosion from the quarrying of rock, sand, and gravel for construction; and forests weakened by acid rain. Slowly, the unique landscape and flora of the Alps that so inspired the early travelers is being irrevocably altered.
The people
Settlement
Humans have been living in the Alps since Paleolithic times, 60,000 to 50,000 years ago. They hunted game and left their artifacts in various sites from the Vercors near the Isère valley in France to the Lieglhohle above Taupliz in Austria. After the retreat of the Alpine glaciers, 4,000 to 3,000 years ago, the valleys were inhabited by Neolithic peoples who lived in caves and small settlements, some of which were built on the shores of the Alpine lakes. Sites have been discovered near Lake Annecy, along the shores of Lake Geneva, in the Totes Mountains in Austria, and in the Aosta and Camonica Valleys in Italy. The latter valley is noted for some 20,000 rock engravings that leave an invaluable picture of more than 2,000 years of habitation.