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1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rurality Counter-urbanisation
Zone at the edge of the city into which urban growth is extending Counter-urbanisation Urban and rural are no longer defined by place and location, but by lifestyle and behaviour Grown from people working in the city, but in need of some relative peace and quiet Rural-Urban Continuum Increasingly difficult to distinguish between rural and urban, the transition is often gradual An index of rurality was developed, showing 4 levels of rurality. The most remote being wildscape Commuter Village Decentralisation of people, industry and other urban functions away from cities Paul Cloke (1977) Hamlets, villages, town, city, connurbation… Settlement Hierarchy ‘Rurality’ defined by Social Construct Characteristics used to measure this include data about people, e.g. density, age, income, employment Rural-Urban Fringe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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