COUNTERURBANISATION

TASKS Counterurbanisation questions.docx  

• Definition
• Evidence (Characteristics)
• Causes  (including the growth  of new towns and motorways -and more recently Cambourne -watch! ) 
• Consequences
• Planning and Management Issues 

Who moves? Take a look at the data for Swanage, Dorset. 

 Revisit your work on Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury as an example of a suburbanised village - complete the table of changing village characterisitics -  Take a trip round Bayston Hill on google maps 

Construct a table to show the costs and benefits of  counterubanisation. - use the case study of St Ives in Barker to help you and your knowledge of Bayston Hill 

Britain's new towns  - a good read from the Economist!

Coolgeography does an overview - uses other examples of suburbanised villages - stick with ours! 

Managing suburbanisation and counterurbanisation...   

greenbelts      brownfield vs greenfield debate...  reurbanisation and inner city regeneration -  Check out the slide share on counter urbanisation.