EQ3 Flashcards
Why is Giants Causeway seen as an idyl?
Beautiful rugged coastline
Basalt plateau and columnar jointed raised beaches
Increasingly prosperous
Agriculture and fishing industries
Active historic town
What are the negatives associated with living in an idyl?
Elderly marganised
Community is in decline
Seasonal employment
Sectarian divides
Why may people be against living in an Idyll?
Housing is an issue, high costs, wages low
Older term residents may see that change is necessary
Ethnic groups may be small and have varied reason for choosing to live in an area
What is the ripple effect?
How the process of counter urbanisation has caused the prices of houses to rise
What is a dumbbell market?
Where rich people have revitalised areas by developing and doing things up but this has caused jobs to be lost and young people to move away
Deregulation
When it becomes unethical to run services and exclusion affects the poor and elderly
What are the key barriers facing the idyl?
Services
Technology
Transport
Isolation
Housing
Social tensions
What is a commuter belt?
The result of suburbanisation and decentralisation
Young families have high fertility and immigration
