Categories of CountrysideCategories of Countryside

Urban Fringe

Commuter Belt

Accessible Countryside

Remote Countryside

This takes the best part of a day to reach from a city. Almost totally

rural

This type of countryside is being quickly lost to urban growth

This is beyond the commuter belt but within a day trip of the city. Very

much a rural area

This is countryside but the settlements within it are where lots of people who work in the city live.

SuburbanisationSuburbanisation• Outcome of the rural-urban movement of people is the building of new homes.

• They are most likely to be built in two locations - the urban fringe and the commuter belt.

• In the urban fringe, housing is mainly added to the outer edge of a cities built up area. In the commuter belt, existing towns and villages become encircled by new housing estates.

• The occupiers of all these new homes will need more than just a roof over their heads. They will require services, such as shops, schools and medical centres.

• So the building of new homes leads to a further round of building to provide these and other services.

• In the urban fringe the demand for both housing and services is increasing by people moving out from the city.

• The urban fringe has a number of benefits that attract people, businesses and shops.

What are the advantages to living on the Urban Fringe?

Advantages on the Urban Fringe for businesses and people

• Room to build more

• Attractive environment

• Less pollution

• Good access to the city

• Work/workers available close by

• Plenty of car parking space

• Cheap land

Factors that push people into the Factors that push people into the countrysidecountryside

Leisure, recreation and tourism• People have more spare time, paid holiday and

disposable income so can afford to go away more frequently

• In the urban fringe – sports centres, playing fields, golf courses (all require large areas of spare land but still need to be close to centres of population)

• In the accessible countryside – farm visit, theme park or nature reserve.

Retirement• Want a quieter more peaceful environment• No longer need to live close to work• Downsize to a smaller property

Factors that pull people into the CityFactors that pull people into the City

Rural – urban migration• More jobs and higher wages• Availability and accessibility of services• Perception that towns and cities offer a better

quality of life.

Decline in Primary Sector Jobs (Farming)• Mechanisation – machines now do the jobs that

used to employ people• 40% of our food is imported from abroad• Jobs in manufacturing contribute more to the

economy so the government invests in those.

Explain what causes Explain what causes suburbanisation? (5 marks)suburbanisation? (5 marks)

This question is asking what are the factors that pull people into the city and how that links to the city expanding?