Uploaded on 2014-12-02 by teddykat

![enter image description here][1] [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1417557843378398.jpg ***1** First, identify the most important stocks and flows (at least three) entering, staying in and eventually leaving your area (or city).* **Water, Stones and Forest** ***2** Describe your findings based on the concept of stocks and flows by presenting the necessary information or examples.* 1_The **Water** is the first main element: it comes from the sky, in form of snow as well; it is stocked in lakes and glaciers; it is leaving the area in form of rivers or in form of electricity, after being processed. 2_The Alps are an immense stock of **Stones**: they are not entering, they normally stay and occasionally leave the area to be used somewhere else. 3_The third important stock in the Alps are the **Forest,** though as stock of wood, biodiversity and oxygen ***3** Imagine and shortly describe how these stocks and flows could change in the future for the benefit of your area.* The Alps are a privileged area already. It is possible to imagine the increase of the role of water as a stock of electricity. In the italian part of the Alps, the electricity produced in the Alps is propriety of the State and it means that the territory has no benefit of it in terms of incomes. At the opposite, in the swiss Alps every municipality is the owner: For example the municipality of Bregaglia sells its electricity to Zürich, and even if is an isolated valley its inhabitants can live with good salaries. The flows of stones and wood can be managed to help the preservation of the territory in terms of prevention against geological instability and defence of biodiversity.