Changes To Rural Settlements

Question 1

What are the key factors in explaining rural change?

Answer 1

Changes in improvements in transport
Changes in increased standards of living
Changes in decreased size of households

Question 2

What is counter-urbanisation?

Answer 2

An extension of suburbanisation although they may live in rural areas they bring with them urban attitudes

Question 3

Those who have moved into rural settlements include:

Answer 3

Families 
Commuters
Retired people
Careerists 
Small scale entrepreneurs

Question 4

what are the reasons for the movement to small towns and rural areas?

Answer 4

a growing dissatisfaction with urban lifestyles
increase in car ownership and better technology
improvement in transport