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Social Impacts and Landscape Change in Yorkshire: A Study of Rural Dynamics Towards Sustainability

This study analyzes the social impacts and landscape changes in rural Yorkshire, focusing on economic liberalism versus protectionism, social cohesion versus individualization, and environmental concerns. It explores drivers specific to rural issues such as agriculture, regionalization of rural economies, social values, countryside recreation, and demographic changes. The research identifies different rural area types and dynamic rural consumption patterns, emphasizing the transition from deep rural separateness to a more vibrant countryside. The rise of the "rurbs" is discussed, highlighting strategies for economic growth, investment in transport infrastructure, and the role of technology in the knowledge economy. Overall, the study aims to promote sustainable practices in rural Yorkshire.

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Social Impacts and Landscape Change in Yorkshire: A Study of Rural Dynamics Towards Sustainability

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  1. Social impacts and Landscape Change in Yorkshire Philip Lowe Director Rural Economy and Land Use Programme

  2. State of the C’side 2020; C’side Agency Fragmentation The Countryside Means Business Go for Green Environmentally unsustainable Environmentally sustainable All on Board The Triple Whammy Cohesion

  3. Henley Centre for MAFF/Defra

  4. Common themes in axes • Economic liberalism v protectionism • Social cohesion v individualisation • Concern for environment

  5. Drivers specific to rural issues • agriculture • the regionalisation of rural economies • social values • countryside recreation and leisure • counterurbanisation and demographic change • the differentiated countryside

  6. Rural Yorkshire

  7. Table 2 – Rural Area Types Generated by Cluster Analysis

  8. Dynamic Rural

  9. Consumption Countryside • rural lifestyle for affluent commuters • the end of rural ‘separateness’ • a sharp decline in deep rural • a focus on regional governance • stronger security focus, ‘gated psychology’, stressed ‘country living’ • dynamic and vibrant with entrepreneurship growing

  10. 21st Century Good Life • tighter land use policy • ‘tailing off’ of ‘counterurbanisation’ • farmers seen more as environmental / land managers, maintaining the countryside • dependence on city wealth • anglo-saxon, no ethnic diversity • low probability

  11. Rise of the Rurbs • rural strategy is to promote economic growth • high investment in transport infrastructure • technology is key driver in the knowledge economy ‘creative class’ • teleworking and long-distance commute • moderately affluent, mobile, multicultural commuter belt • regional hubs attracting major enterprise • plausible

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