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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 1991http://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 housingavailable in villages
Excellent schools
A55 gives easy accessto Chester, Liverpool
and Manchester
Employment opportunitiese.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
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Click here for 1960-1972 map
Click here for 2007 map
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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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Old
1960s to 80s
Photo 5 Old
Photo 61990s +
Photo 71960s to 80s
Photo 8
Old
Photo 91970s to 80s
Photo 101990s +
Photo 111960s to 80s
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Photo 131990s +
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