Starter quiz
- What is the definition of inequality?
- The way in which rights and opportunities are unfairly distributed ✓
- Everyone having the same access to goods and services
- Having a poor standard of living or income
- Being treated badly by people of a different social group
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- Which of the following best describes the term 'amenities'?
- A useful service such as a doctor's surgery or a sports centre. ✓
- An essential service such as a water or power connection.
- A structure on which a settlement depends such as a road.
- A place that provides a lot of people with employment.
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- Which of the following is least likely to be a rural industry?
- Farming
- Renewable energy production
- Tourism
- Finance and banking ✓
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- A leading question is a question that ...
- encourages people to answer in a particular way. ✓
- gives the respondent a number of options to choose from.
- requires expert knowledge to answer.
- has multiple parts to answer in turn.
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- An ______ question is one to which a respondent can answer in any way they please.
- 'Open' ✓
- Which of the following is not a reason why people migrate to a rural area to live?
- A quieter and more relaxed pace of life.
- Cleaner air and healthier lifestyles.
- Beautiful views and natural surroundings.
- Higher pay and more employment opportunities. ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following statements is true?
- There are more issues to study in urban areas than rural ones.
- There are more issues to study in rural areas than urban ones.
- Urban and rural areas have different types of issues. ✓
- The issues in urban areas are more important than rural ones.
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- The ______ of a place refers to its identity, what makes it special and how it feels to be there.
- 'Character' ✓
- Sort these stages of conducting a stakeholder interview into the correct order.
- 1⇔Write the topics in order of priority.
- 2⇔Write open questions against each topic.
- 3⇔Actively listen to the interviewee.
- 4⇔Use the answers to the first question to ask the next one.
- What is the name of the secondary data source that provides ranked information on inequality?
- The index of multiple deprivation ✓
- Social media
- Estate agent websites
- Local tourist boards
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Key learning points
- There are many geographical enquiry questions that you can investigate in rural areas.
- Data collection techniques in a rural area can investigate inequality, service provision and lived experience.
- Secondary data can provide contextual information about rural populations and spaces and how they have changed.
Common misconception
There are not enough issues in rural areas to make it worth studying fieldwork enquiries there.
Rural areas have a lot of issues around inequality and access to services as well as interesting cultural geography to study.
Keywords
Character - the cultural and often historical features of a rural area that make it special
Stakeholder - a person with a particular interest in the issue being investigated
Lived experience - the everyday, personal experience that someone has of living in a place
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