Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Rural issues
- Linguistic aspects
- E.g. Wales
- Main language Welsh
- However almost faded out at one point
- Loss of identity
- Languages lost in the world
- Result of globalisation + past colonialisation
- Lack of facilities for residential care for elderlies
- People have to move far from home
- Affordable housing
- Housing that costs x3/4 the annual income
- Newly qualified teacher earns about £20,000 a year
- Appropriate housing is therefore £80,000 - £90,000 a year
- Why is rural housing so expensive?
- Houses are scarce
- Demand is rising
- Commuters take up homes
- Lots of people are interested in certain
properties
- Value increases
- Not a lot of subsidised council housing
- Villages become enclaves for well off people
- Factors effecting the nature of rural settlements
- Population
- Social profile
- Proximity to an urban area
- Rurality definition
- Area located outside of cities and towns