RURAL URBAN FRINGE + GREENFIELD AND BROWNFIELD

Question 1

What is the rural urban fringe?

Answer 1

Zone where rural and urban areas meet, mix and sometimes conflict with one another

Question 2

Push factors for people moving into rural urban fringe from city

Answer 2

• old expensive housing in cities

- environmental pollution

Question 3

Pull factors (benefits) of the rural urban fringe

Answer 3

• Cheaper land
• Large space
• Lots of car parking space
• Connected to main roads
• Workers available close by
• Little pollution
• Roo for expansion

Question 4

What kind of stuff is developed in the rural urban fringe?

Answer 4

• retail parks
• industrial estates
• Business parks
• Science parks

Question 5

What is a greenfield site?

Answer 5

Land that has never been built on before

Question 6

Advantages and disadvantages of a greenfield site

Answer 6

Advantages

• cheaper + faster house building rates
• Easier to build on as no need to clear anything
• Healthier environment

Disadvantages
- farmland lost
- noise and light pollution in countryside due to development
Wildlife lose habitat
- Encourages further suburban sprawl (rapid expansion of cities into rural areas)

Question 7

What is a brownfield site?

Answer 7

abandoned land which will be destroyed and then new structure will be built on top of that

Question 8

Advantages and disadvantages of a brownfield site

Answer 8

Advantages

• reduces loss of countryside land
• revives abandoned areas
• services already in place
• located in main areas of employment

Disadvantages

• More expensive as have to clear old buildings
• Surrounded by abandoned areas as well (normally)
• Higher pollution
• May not have good roas access