Urban and Rural Characteristics Flashcards
What are the housing characteristics for the rural area?
Larger privately owned housing and new estates with privately owned homes
What are the ethnicity characteristics for the inner city?
High proportion of ethnic minorities
What are the ethnicity characteristics for the rural area?
Majority are white
What are the age structure characteristics for the inner city?
High proportion of younger people (students and young professionals)
What are the age structure characteristics for the rural area?
Higher proportion of elderly people
What are the wealth characteristics for the inner city?
Poorest sections of the urban population tend to live here
Get more wealthy people living in redeveloped areas
What are the wealth characteristics for the rural area?
Wealthiest residents who’ve moved out of the city
Some less wealthy original rural areas
What are the employment characteristics for the inner city?
High proportion of students, unemployed and unskilled or semi-skilled workers
Some young professionals living in redeveloped areas
What are the employment characteristics for the rural area?
High proportion of workers in professional and managerial sectors (doctors)
Also agricultural workers
What are the provision of services characteristics for the inner city?
Good access to public services
Schools nearby
Close to city centre for shops, cinemas, theatres, hospitals etc.
What are the provision of services characteristics for the rural area?
Village shops may have closed as more residents shop in urban areas on their commute to work
Lack of public transport facilities
What are the economic problems found in inner cities?
Industrial decline and lack of investment
Poverty high
High levels of employment
What are the social problems found in inner cities?
Old poor quality housing in a state of disrepair
Tension between people of different ethnicities
Poverty high
Crime rates high, due to poverty and poor relations with police
Poorer health and educational qualifications
What are the environmental problems found in the inner city?
Graffiti and vandalism due to higher proportion of children and teenagers
Air pollution due to traffic and industry
What are the economic problems found in the rural areas?
Agricultural decline leads to unemployment
Closure of shops and services
What are the social problems found in rural areas?
Isolated people, especially elderly
Lack of public transport
What are the housing characteristics for the inner city?
High density terrace housing - 19th centuary
High rise blocks of flats built in 60s
Some old warehouses which may be redeveloped into luxury apartments
What two things can affect the character of urban and rural areas?
Population change
Migration
How might migration affect housing?
In developed countries, most migrants occupy cheaper, run down areas of housing in urban areas, like those found in inner cities
In developing countries, rural-urban migration resulted in growth of shanty towns
How might migration affect ethnicity?
High numbers of immigrants can change character of areas as they bring their existing cultures and customs. Ghettos can form of this ethnicity is they fail to integrate
Some immigrants go to rural areas to seek work in agriculture, can have great impact on character of small rural villages than it does on larger cities
How might migration affect age structure?
In developed countries, rural areas have increasing ageing population due to out migration of younger people and inward migration of retired people
Provision of services are affected by changing age structure, schools could close due to reduced demand
How might migration affect wealth?
In developed countries, increased numbers
