Housing Development

Unit G2 – Human Geography – Rural Settlement

 

 

Figure 1.  Dicken’s Heath, Solihull.  A planned settlement in the rural-urban fringe.

 

Source: KDG Photos

 

 

a)     Use figure 1 to explain why land in the rural-urban fringe is often developed to meet government housing targets.

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b)     Evaluate the impact of housing development on the rural-urban fringe.

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c)      Explain the changing social profile of rural settlements.

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