Changes in the Rural-Urban Fringe
Refers to AQA A2 Geography
Ecosystems: Change and Challenge Module
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- Changes in the Rural-Urban Fringe
- Problems
- Seen as an attractive location for business parks, airports, theme parks and high-cost, executive homes.
- Pressures for development include the need for improved transport networks, landfill sites and sewage works.
- 500,000 new homes needed in the next 25 years, which will involve expanding urban areas.
- Open countryside in the rural-urban fringe area is frequently degraded.
- Fly-tipping
- Illegal encampments
- Trespass
- Vanalism
- Policies for sustainable development
- Recent government policy in favour of sustainable development of the rural-urban fringe with recycling of derelict or degraded land.
- Planting of woodland to improve local landscapes.
- Creation of country parks, which are seen as relatively undamaged and harbour more natural plant communties.
- Potential breeding sites for bird species such as lapwing and skylark which nest on the ground.
- Recent government policy in favour of sustainable development of the rural-urban fringe with recycling of derelict or degraded land.
- What is the rural-urban fringe?
- The countryside immediately surrounding towns and cities
- Defined in 1942 by George Wehrwein as 'the area of transition between well recognised urban land uses and the area devoted to agriculture.'
- Many rural-urban fringes are designated green belts, with regulations strictly controlling new developments.
- Why is the rural-urban fringe attractive?
- Seen as an attractive location for business parks, airports, theme parks and high-cost, executive homes.
- Pressures for development include the need for improved transport networks, landfill sites and sewage works.
- 500,000 new homes needed in the next 25 years, which will involve expanding urban areas.
- Land values high due to speculation regarding potential for future development.
- Beliefs that derelict, unkept lands have advantages when it comes to gaining planning permission.
- Secondary succession may have begun on untended fields with the growth of weeds, thorns and brambles making land appear unsightly
- Problems
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