CASE STUDY: SUBURBANISATION (BRAMHOPE)

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CASE STUDY: SUBURBANISATION (BRAMHOPE)

In the developed world, the main type of internal migration in recent years, has been urban to rural migration. People are moving from the towns and cities into villages in the countryside, especially those in the rural-urban fringe. 

Bramhope: current population- 3,500

The villages have expanded with the addition of new housing estates and they have a variety of names.

  • Commuter villages.
  • Dormitory villages.
  • Suburbanised villages.

The people who move in tend to be the wealthier, urban residents. 

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