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1
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What are the issues in remote rural environments?

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  • Population change (Out-migration and aging population)
  • Poor service provision
  • Transport
2
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What is a remote rural environment?

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An area sufficiently distant from major urban areas so as not to be affected by urbanisation and suburbanisation.

3
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Discuss population change

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  • Young economically active leave to go and study in cities (brain drain).
  • This means there is a lack of qualified labour. There is no attraction for firms in this area.
  • Therefore no government investment in infrastructure as there is little population. Then this repeats.
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Discuss Poor service provision

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-Services are often centralized in urban areas, and they close down in remote rural areas.

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Discuss Transport

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  • Some transport services will not operate in low demand areas, or become infrequent in operation.
  • Poor quality roads mean that already remote areas are isolated even further.
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How has population change affected the UK?

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  • As a result of economic deprivation in remote rural Scotland, the number of 16 to 24-year-olds contracted by 5.3% in 2008.
  • In the next 25 years, the number of people living over 65 in rural areas in the UK will increase 20% more than the rest of the UK.
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How has poor service provision affected the UK?

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  • Around 8,500 post offices have been shut down across the UK. This means people have to travel longer distances for services.
  • DEFRA estimates 30 rural schools close a year since the 1970s
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How has transport decreased in the UK?

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Services in remote rural are removed or infrequent.

In Scotland the number of bus passengers has decreased by 16% since 1990 in remote rural areas.