Scottish Highlands - Challenges Of UK Settle

Question 1

Capital of highlands

Answer 1

Inverness

Question 2

What does the land consist of?

Answer 2

Mountains and includes Ben Nevis

Question 3

How populated are the highlands?

Answer 3

Not very

Question 4

How much of Scotland’s sheep farming dedicated to?

Answer 4

55%

Question 5

How is it often characterised?

Answer 5

Poor soul and a short growing season

Question 6

What are the negatives to the Scottish highlands?

Answer 6

• <10% decrease of pop in some areas
• lower earning are a result of lack of private sector head offices and out migration of young people
• highland and islands has a population density of 7.8 people per Km2 compared to U.K. - 242.4 per Km2

Question 7

What are the positives of the Scottish highlands?

Answer 7

• 65% of in migrants below 35 years and were most likely to be university leavers returning to the area to take their first job or new families looking for a better QofL
• unemployment decreased in the highlands suggesting that inward migration is meeting shortages in the labour market
• increased oversea migration are willing to work for low wages