Rural depopulation

Question 1

Define suburbanisation

Answer 1

The movement of people to live on the outskirts of an urban area.

Question 2

What is re-urbanisation?

Answer 2

After moving away from a city, a population layer returns to live in the city again.

Question 3

What is counter-urbanisation?

Answer 3

The movement of people and businesses from large cities to smaller towns and rural areas.

Question 4

Name 3 push factors from an urban area

Answer 4

• Higher crime rates
• Overcrowding
• Air pollution

Question 5

Name 2 pull factors to a rural area/outskirt

Answer 5

• Less pollution
• Out of town shopping malls
• Larger houses with gardens

Question 6

What is the rural transport problem?

Answer 6

• Increase in car ownership has a devastating effect on public transport.
• This increases the isolation of poor, elderly, and young people who live there
• Lack of transport puts an intense pressure on low-income households to own a car.
• Also, recent increase in fuel prices adds further problems

Question 7

What is the rural housing problem?

Answer 7

• Lack of affordable housing in village communities has resulted in a larger number of young people having to move to market towns or larger urban centres.
• The issues of second homes has also added to problems.

Question 8

What is a contemporary issue in rural settlements in LIC’s

Answer 8

Rural-urban migration