EQ2 – How is London Changing? - 5.8 – Opportunities and challenges for the rural area Flashcards
What is quality of life, how is it measured?
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Explain how are the economic and housing challenges for some rural areas
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Explain how are the services (health and education) challenges for some rural areas
Health:
Ageing populations create issues: The Government require more healthcare and special facilities, e.g. nursing homes.
Some small rural areas face other problems: Many elderly people in rural areas don’t own a car so they can struggle to get to shops and healthcare facilities.
Education:
Less young people result in…travelling long distances to get to school and for leisure activities. Schools in some villages are closed due to decreasing number of pupils, e.g. there is now no secondary school in Edenbridge. Also travel costs are higher.
Explain why quality of life varies considerably in the rural areas, particularly for the elderly and youthful
The elderly people move to the rural areas because they want somewhere really nice and a peaceful place to live. The youthful people go to big cities such as London because they go and study and then look for a high paid job in places like Canary Wharf or Stratford etc.
Define farm diversification and give an example.
Farm diversification is finding a wider range of activities to enable a farm to survive. Farm shops and tourist accommodation are two ways.
Explain how three different types of diversification brings economic benefits
Farm Shops: Land can continue to be farmed. More varieties of crops are grown using more environmentally friendly methods than monoculture (growing large areas of one crop full supermarkets).
Rural Accommodation: Large caravan parks can be unsightly. There is more pressure on the natural environment from large numbers of visitors – through increased use of water and energy and the amount of waste generated.
Farm Visits (Leisure): Land is built on to create car parks, visitor facilities etc. Traffic increases in the area, leading to air pollution.
Explain how three different types of diversification can present social and environmental challenges
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Tourism is a growing industry in rural areas – why is this (what holidays are on offer) and what are the benefits?
More open green spaces mean more leisure activities. The benefits is that they are earning money from tourists/cities meaning that more improvements are being made.
