Counter Urbanisation Case Study
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- Created on: 24-07-13 19:59
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Migration from urban to rural areas in MEDCs - East Anglia, GB
Trends:
since the 1980s there has been movement away from conurbations and larger cities, most of this movement has been to new towns, dormitory/ overspill towns and suburbanised villages
Reasons:
- employment: industry got relocated to the edge of the city sites or smaller rural towns. People move for promotion and for better paid jobs
- housing: when people become more affluent they move from the inner city to larger, modern houses with garages and gardens
- changing family status: people move as a result of an increase in family wealth or size
- environmental factors: moving away from the noise, air and visual pollution created by traffic in large urban areas to quieter, less polluted environments with more open space
- social factors: people may move out of cities due to vandolism, crime, racial prejudice, or poorer educational families
Thurston (East Anglia):
- 14kms from Bury St. Edmunds, and accessible by train from Bury, 10 minutes by car from Bury
- villagers commute to Bury for work
- population of 3000
- modern new detached housing on housing estates
- traditional services are changing - the old granary has been converted into small businesses
- only one remaining post office
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