Impact Of Changes In Settlement Patterns On Rural Family Life

Question 1

List the ways changes in settlement patterns impacted rural areas
(5)

Answer 1

Rural depopulation

Services are cut back

Amenities are reduced

Marriages and birth rates decline

Less government funding

Question 2

What impact does rural depopulation have on family life

2

Answer 2

Rural depopulation occurs, as young people leave to seek employment opportunities in urban areas

This leads to a population imbalance, as older people are left behind, increasing feelings of social isolation

Question 3

Why does rural depopulation occur?

Answer 3

Rural depopulation occurs, as young people leave to seek employment opportunities in urban areas

Question 4

Many young people leave rural areas to seek employment opportunities, what affect does this have on rural family life?

Answer 4

This leads to a population imbalance, as older people are left behind, increasing feelings of social isolation

Question 5

What impact does the cutting back of services have on rural family life?
(2)

Answer 5

Services may be cut back due to a lack of use

Many schools and garda stations have had to close or amalgamate due to declining numbers

Question 6

Why may services be cut back in urban areas?

Answer 6

Due to a lack of use

Question 7

What type of services in particular have had to close or amalgamate in rural areas?

Answer 7

Many schools and garda stations have had to close or amalgamate

Question 8

Why have many schools and garda stations have to close or amalgamate?

Answer 8

Due to declining numbers

i.e. less people availing of the service

Question 9

What impact does the reduction of amenities have on rural family life?
(2)

Answer 9

Amenities are reduced due to declining numbers availing of them

This causes social life to decline

Question 10

Why may amenities have to be reduced in rural areas?

Answer 10

Due to declining numbers availing of them

Question 11

What affect does the reduction of amenities have on the public?

Answer 11

This causes social life to decline

Question 12

What impact does the decline of marriage and birth rates have on rural family life?
(2)

Answer 12

Marriages and birth rates decline as young families establish their families in urban areas beside their employment

This further impacts on population imbalance

Question 13

Why are young families establishing their families in urban areas

Answer 13

Young families establish their families in urban areas beside their employment

Question 14

What impact does families having their children in urban areas have on rural population?

Answer 14

This further impacts on population imbalance

Question 15

What impact does less government funding have on rural family life?
(3)

Answer 15

Less government funding is put into developing rural infrastructure,

This makes rural areas a less attractive option for multinational investors,

This causes the cycle of unemployment in rural areas to continue

Question 16

Less government funding is put into developing rural infrastructure, what affect does this have on the rural area?

Answer 16

This makes rural areas a less attractive option for multinational investors

Question 17

The lack of development in rural areas is unattractive for multinational investors, what affect does this have on the area?

Answer 17

This causes the cycle of unemployment in rural areas to continue