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Diverse Places
4B.5
The rural idyll
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Billy Dudden
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What are the factors that people use to judge whether a place is idyllic or not?
Tranquillity
Natural landscapes
Historical
and
cultural
associations
Tranquillity
No
industry
No
anti-social behaviour
No
noise
pollution
No
traffic
Isolation
Wildlife
Lack of
globalisation
Natural landscapes
Biodiversity
Rolling
green
hills
Less
pollution
Coast
Lakes
/
Valleys
/
Rivers
Historical and cultural associations
Fishing
ports
Braunton Burrows
training site
Converted
train station
Tarka trail
Roman
infrastructure
Castles
Churches
What is the rural idyll?
An
idealised
,
romanticised
construct that presents
rural
areas as
happier
,
healthier
and with
fewer problems
than
urban
areas
Media representations of the rural idyll
Cottage Core
(Imagined)
Quiet
Relaxing
Good
weather
This Country
(Real)
Church
Social solidarity
Tradition
The Anti-Idyll
The reality of rural areas is masked:
Average of
23.4%
households in
poverty
25
% of children in rural schools have experimented with
illegal drugs
115%
rise in
homelessness
in the last
2
years
Higher rate of
domestic violence
Nimbyism
(not in my
backyard
)