Urban Vs Rural Living Spaces Lesson Objective: To understand why people live in urban and rural areas

Starter What are the ingredients of a good and bad living space? What made Mumbai a bad living space? How could it become a good living space?

Define the key terms in blue Spiral of Deprivation The Spiral of Deprivation is a model that shows that one problem can lead to another. This is usually applied to an estate where the living space declines. Areas of obvious poverty and wealth can lead to social segregation. This is where richer people live in certain areas and less well off families in others. In an area of decline it can be ‘turned around’ by Gentrification. This is where richer people move into an area and put money into the houses to improve them.

The worst living spaces Chernobyl, Ukraine radiation has ruined this place Baghdad, Iraq war-torn city with political unrest and instability Detroit, USA more than 30% of residents live below the poverty line. Industrial decline ruined this place Mexico City overcrowding, rural-urban migration, organised crime (over 3000 kidnaps in 2006) Zimbabwe, Africa poverty, famine, disease, drought, government mismanagement.

Urban VS Rural URBAN RURAL DEVELOPED Good public transport few shops and services DEVELOPI NG significant amount of poverty many people employed in agriculture

Rural Idyll The rural idyll is an image that people have of life in developed countries. They imagine close communities, less traffic, less crime, near the countryside, with pubs and village shops. This rural idyll has created major problems with increased house prices and made it more expensive to live in the rural area. In 2007, poverty in rural UK rose by 3%. In UK urban areas this was only 1%. At weekends, village populations often increase e.g. Dent in North Yorkshire, the population here is 200 but at weekends and in the summer it swells. This is because people own second homes there. Because of the lack of permanent populations, rural post offices are closing and in 2008 5 rural pubs closed a day in the UK.

Rush to towns and cities in LEDCs Rural villages struggle to survive in LEDCs as well as in MEDCs Young people leave in search of jobs and education RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION Health care is often better in cities ‘bright lights syndrome’ draws people in 2005 half the world’s population lived in cities e.g. Brazil and India have huge cities Most people end up living in slums Over time children and families can work and start to improve their lives.

Questions Make a list of push and pull factors to Moving from the city to rural in MEDCs Moving from the rural to the city in LEDCs 2. Explain what the rural idyll is. Does your local village live up to this? Does it face any problems?