Changes Places

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rural place change

Rural settlements in the U.K have been changing over time most areas have grown in size whilst some have gotten smalller. Compared to the past a lot of areas in the country side have changed from agricutlure to commuting whilst some othere areas have been used for tourism.

Factors that explain these changes are:

Modes of transport have improved

Standards of living have increased

Households sizes are decreasing.

Counter urbanisation has been causing large amounts of people to move out of the busy cities and choosing to live further away and live in the more peaceful country side, this affects rural areas as the hosehold prices will increase and retailing and industry may also move near by getting rid of the small countryside feel.

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explanation for counter urbanisation

People move into the countryside for many reasons these include dissatisfaction with the urban  lifestyle,increase in car ownership, improved communication links (skype insteads of driving in). The most accessible areas from cities have seen the largest amount of growth this is because commuters who want to move will still need easy access to the area for work so areas with worse roads and transport links will be seen as less appealing to them.

Rural towns that have lost their old function character form and function are callled suburbanised villages. these villages have good transport links. population will also change for example young people will move into the city from nrual areas whilst older people or retirees will move out there giving it an older population.

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changes in urban areas

The majority of large urbansised cities have lots of similarities for example starbucks and Mcdonalds are in almost every city in the world. Most cities also have tall towers like New York or London giving them similar characteristics.

The majority of change occured from the 1970s onwards with dramatic changes to their physical appearance,economy,social composition, governence, shape and size.

For example in los Angeles the landscape and character changes drastically throughout the areas, the centre is compartmentalised, there are vietnemese shops  and China town shows drastic character change within a small area.

Because cities are now becoming more globalised most cities have set areas for ethnic groups e.g China town, this diversity is making the majority of global cities very similar in their structure.

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