Rural Urban Links 🚗 Flashcards
Define rural urban continuum and explain how rural and urban areas are linked
Rural- sparse, low population density
Urban- built up, high population density
Continuum is a settlement hierarchy. The further up the continuum, the more services and functions.
What is a sphere of influence? Give an example.
City serves residents and people in surroundings.
Strength due to transport, distance and size of urban area
I.e. Liverpool and Glyn Ceirlog
What is counter urbanisation? Why does it happen?
1) housing
2) family status
3) transport
4) employment
5) social factors
6) environmental factors
Explain patterns of commuting and why counter urbanisation happens
Patterns of committing inc bc rural urban migration.
Increased because of cheaper houses, better transport, and better jobs .
Decreased because of Internet (COVID), phones
Ie Cardiff
What issues and counter urbanisation cause?
- increase house prices
- decrease in tradition
- loss of identity
- pollution
- pressure on rural schools
- COMMUTER VILLAGE
What impact does technology have on service provision?
1) increase in online services = dec jobs
2) work from home = more c.u.
3) inc tertiary jobs
4) removal of bus stops + less money in infrastructure
What impact do spheres of influence have on service provision?
1) inc house prices bc more ppl live there
2) closure of rural shops = unemployment
3) inc 2nd homes
Describe the cycle of deprivation, and therefore, depopulation
Too few jobs, rural urban migration, decrease in population, reduced demand for shops, fewer jobs
How can a sustainable community be created?
1) reliable and frequent transport
2) availability of jobs
3) internet
4) education
5) healthcare
6) services
7) green technologies
What social factors lead to population change
1) healthcare (inc l.i. And low i.m)
2) marriage later
3) culture 30s
4) ageing pop
What economical factors lead to pop change?
1) COST OF LIVING => raising a fam
2) Maternity pay
3) career
What political factors lead to population change
1) contraception
2) maternity rights
3) migration
4) vaccination
What is factors have led to increased migration into and within the UK
INTO- stable political system, good healthcare, availability of jobs => inc income, connections
WITHIN- lifestyle change, cost of housing, work, fam
Describe the impact of migration has on the UK
More tax, increase population, unskilled jobs filled, culture, prices increase
Describe the challenges of an ageing population
ECO- pension, less tax, dep on state
HEALTH- greater STRAIN ON NHS, more health issues
SOCIAL- isolation, houses filled, m âge look after
Why is more housing so vital in the UK?
1) ageing population
2) migration
3) inc in house prices due to shortage
GOV GOALS- 240,000 / annum
What is a brownfield site? Give advantages and disadvantages with an example
BFS- an area for re development previously built on.
A- not destroy c, re- urbanisation, make pretty
D- cont grnd
IE London docks. LDDC, homes, 700 (HSBC). Cpd, targ foreigners, 3500 sh
What is a greenfield site? State, advantages and disadvantages and give an example.
GFS- an area of land that hasn’t been used before
A- cheap, no restrict
D- habitats, spoil app, green belts, urb inc
IE- Oxford green belt, O needs 30,000 homes for 2030
What factors have lead to a change in retailing in the UK
Give eco, cult and tech
ECO- home deliveries, shops forced out of centres, cheap/ expensive parking
CULT- car dependency, bulk buys, COVID, veg + red waste
TECH- inc in soph internet shopping, online retailers, broadband, onl banking
State, advantages and disadvantages of out of town shopping centres
A- less expensive parking, reduced congestion in urban areas, larger stores => wider variety of goods, accessible, expansion, scenic
D- dec high streets, cong sur, not support ins stores, land use conflict, inaccessible
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping
A- conv, fast, cheaper, range, anytime, congestion reduced, jobs in delivery
D- inaccessible, diff return, closure of shops, fraud, jobs inc cong, reduces need for workers in shops
What has lead to change in high street towns and cities? Give an example.
- decline of high street due to increased out of town shopping. Changing to tempt shoppers back:
Ie LANCASTER - new paving
- street furniture
- signs
- bike tracks
- day market
What is the distribution of urbanisation like across the globe (where are large cities primarily located)
Primarily in Asia:
Ie
Tokyo- 40.8 million
Dehli- 33 million
Shanghai- 28 million
Why are Global cities important?
1) finance and trade
2) governance
3) diversity
4) media
5) cultural centres
6) innovation
