What is the rural urban fringe?
The area between the central business districts and suburbs
The border or belt between the urban area and the rural area
The centre of an urban area
What does remote mean?
Far away and isolated from other places and key services
Close to other places and next to key services
A way to control how large or small a place is
What type of rural community area is based at the seaside and is predominantly made up of old age pensioners?
Deep green
Rapid change
Coastal retirement
What does sphere of influence mean?
The pull or importance an area or facility has on another place or person
The size of an area
The number of facilities in an area
Which is a characteristic of a deprived rural area?
Strong internet connection
Weak internet connection
No internet connection
Why are people who live in deprived rural areas more vulnerable?
They don’t have internet connection
They have fewer places to go for entertainment
There is a lack of health services available to them
Why do banks and post offices in rural areas often merge services or close down?
They don’t have enough of a workforce available to remain open due to people moving to urban areas
More and more people are moving into rural areas from urban areas as part of the counter-urbanisation process
More people in rural areas are using online services instead of visiting the rural businesses
What does the term sustainable community mean?
A place which is rapidly changing with many people moving into it
A place that is able to support the needs of all residents, providing a decent quality of life in the present, as well as for future generations
A place with fewer people and a sparsely spread out population
How can we assess how sustainable an urban or rural area is?
By the number of people who live there
By cross referencing with Egan’s Wheel
By checking on the internet
How can transport in rural areas be made more sustainable?
Encourage more people to own their own car
Provide more public transport services which may be powered using electricity instead of diesel or petrol
Build more roads to ease congestion