R3 - Lymington Flashcards
1
Q
What are the characteristics of commuter villages?
A
- are accessible rural areas
- are interdependent on urban areas for housing, employment, services
- have high house prices as result of counterurbanisation
- are dormitory towns
- may have a few independent businesses
2
Q
What are the characteristics of retirement villages?
A
- scenic/idyllic areas
- transport links may not be good
- housing stock is mainly bungalows, retirement apartments
- employment is in elderly specific services, eg. Care work/leisure
3
Q
What are the characteristics of honeypot villages?
A
- are accessibly by daytrippers from urban areas
- features that attract visitors eg. Bushmills distillery
- jobs in tourism
- 2nd home sales are high in area
- seasonal traffic is more than infrastructure can handle
4
Q
What proportion of people live in accessible rural areas?
A
- 98% of those living in rural areas
5
Q
What are the characteristics of very remote rural areas?
A
- have a very high level of tranquility
- human activity has very little impact here
- access to urban areas is limited
- reliance on primary industry eg. Fishing, farming
- services are poor
- limited employment prospects
- housing quality may not be good
6
Q
How is the commuter belt created?
A
- result of suburbanisation and decentralisation
- population grows as people want to stay within reach of urban ares but without urban problems eg. Pollution
- usually young people with children
7
Q
What is the demographics of accessible rural areas like?
A
- is mostly working age as jobs in tourism are present here
- slightly older skewed as large amount of retired people also live here
8
Q
What is the demographics of remote rural areas like?
A
- very old as most young and working age move out due to lack of opportunities
-spiral of decline accelerates this
