Counterurbanisation

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Counterurbanisation in Flintshire

What is Counterurbanisation?

Counterurbanisation describes the movement of people and jobs from urban to rural areas.

What evidence exists to support this?

Census data – collected every 10 years.

In Liverpool the population is 439, 473 (2001), 36100 less than in 1991

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00by.asp

In Flintshire, the population in 2001 was 148,594. This is 6600 higher than in 1991.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00nj.asp

Why ?????

Why do people move to Flintshire? Scenic quality of the environment Clywdian Range Good quality housing available in villages Excellent schools A55 gives easy access to Chester, Liverpool and Manchester Employment opportunities e.g. aerospace, Deeside, Chester Business Park 1990s +

Rhydymywn

Background Information

Rhydymwyn is a small village located 3 miles from Mold in Flintshire. Planning permission granted since the 1960s has led to significant changes to the population of this village. You will find out the impacts of these changes.

Task: To investigate the impact of Counterurbanisation on this village (see word document)

Village Morphology Click the yellow circles to see images of the village. Use the photos and the maps on the following pages to complete an annotated sketch map showing changing village morphology. You can draw this or label the template PowerPoint . On your base map, devise a key and a way of representing the growth of village. Mark on the old core, 1960s to 1980s, 1990s to present 3 4 5 8 7 6 9 10 11 12 1 2 Click here for 1960-1972 map Click here for 2007 map 17 16 13 14 15

Old Vicarage Church Click here for 2007 map

OS Map Extract 2000 Old Vicarage Church Click here for 1960-1972 map

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Photo 4 Old 1960s to 80s

Photo 5 Old

Photo 6 1990s +

Photo 7 1960s to 80s

Photo 8 Old

Photo 10 1990s +

Photo 12