1. Categories of CountrysideCategories of Countryside
Urban Fringe
Commuter Belt
Accessible
Countryside
Remote Countryside
This takes the best part of a day to
reach from a city. Almost totally rural
This type of countryside is being quickly
lost to urban growth
This is beyond the commuter belt but
within a day trip of the city. Very
much a rural area
This is countryside but the settlements
within it are where lots of people who
work in the city live.

2. SuburbanisationSuburbanisation
• Outcome of the rural-urban movement of people is the building of new homes.
• They are most likely to be built in two locations - the urban fringe and the
commuter belt.
• In the urban fringe, housing is mainly added to the outer edge of a cities built up
area. In the commuter belt, existing towns and villages become encircled by new
housing estates.
• The occupiers of all these new homes will need more than just a roof over their
heads. They will require services, such as shops, schools and medical centres.
• So the building of new homes leads to a further round of building to provide
these and other services.
• In the urban fringe the demand for both housing and services is increasing by
people moving out from the city.
• The urban fringe has a number of benefits that attract people, businesses and
shops.

3. What are the advantages to living on the
Urban Fringe?

4. Advantages on the Urban Fringe for
businesses and people
• Room to build more
• Attractive environment
• Less pollution
• Good access to the city
• Work/workers available close by
• Plenty of car parking space
• Cheap land

5. Factors that push people into theFactors that push people into the
countrysidecountryside
Leisure, recreation and tourism
• People have more spare time, paid holiday and
disposable income so can afford to go away more
frequently
• In the urban fringe – sports centres, playing fields, golf
courses (all require large areas of spare land but still
need to be close to centres of population)
• In the accessible countryside – farm visit, theme park or
nature reserve.
Retirement
• Want a quieter more peaceful environment
• No longer need to live close to work
• Downsize to a smaller property

6. Factors that pull people into the CityFactors that pull people into the City
Rural – urban migration
• More jobs and higher wages
• Availability and accessibility of services
• Perception that towns and cities offer a better
quality of life.
Decline in Primary Sector Jobs (Farming)
• Mechanisation – machines now do the jobs that
used to employ people
• 40% of our food is imported from abroad
• Jobs in manufacturing contribute more to the
economy so the government invests in those.

8. Explain what causesExplain what causes
suburbanisation? (5 marks)suburbanisation? (5 marks)
This question is asking what are the factors
that pull people into the city and how that
links to the city expanding?