Acknowledgements
Special thanks go to the staff of the School of Geography at the University for their assistance throughout the year. Inparticularly I would like to thank Steve Carver and John Dodds for their assistance with this research and the GIS implementation. I also am indebted to Steffen Fritz for his help and patience explaining the intricacies of his accessibility model. Particular thanks must also go to Martin Mathers of WWF and to Jonanthan Simpson who's information pointed me in the right direction.
On a personnel note I would like to thanks the fellow 'inmates' of the GIS lab for there input and assistance, my housemates and friends for their patience and my family for there support.
I would also like to express my thanks to the following people for their assistance with data acquisition and their views on the funicular proposals:
Neil Bayfield of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Andy Aplet of RSPB
Cindy Cameron & Alan Todd of Highland Regional Council
Doug Evans & Debbie Green of Scottish Natural Heritage
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