Outer Hebrides

Question 1

type of change

Answer 1

remote rural area of population decline

Question 2

population figure

Answer 2

about 27000 people
overall decline of more than 50 percent
since 1901

Question 3

social negatives

Answer 3

fewer school children
risk of school closures
fewer working age people
ageing population needing care

Question 4

economic negatives farming

Answer 4

crofts only provide work for up to two days per week so incomes are low

Question 5

economic negatives fishing

Answer 5

fishing boats fell from over 900 to only a few
from 1948 to 2013
foreign trawlers dominate

Question 6

economic negatives tourism

Answer 6

visitors up about 27 percent 2007 to 2014 but infrastructure too limited for large scale tourism