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Urban change in a UK city GapFill
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The UK is a HIC that has a
urban rate of living. This means that the majority of the population live in urban areas. The most densely populated urban area in the UK is
. This city is also considered a
city because of its strong links to the rest of the world, through politics, economics and social factors, as well as good
links to the rest of the UK and the world. The UK followed the pattern of other
cities and saw increased rates of urbanisation as a result of the
. However, the UK is also facing rates of
, whereby people are moving from the cities to countryside and rural areas. This is largely due to the perception that the
is better in some rural areas than cities in HICs. This may be as a result of a cleaner
and the association of better quality of life due to more
spaces. Counter-urbanisation is possible in HICs like the UK due to improved
, allowing people to work remotely from home in rural areas as well as good, stable
.
such as food and water are widely available in rural areas in the UK, allowing people to maintain a good
, which may not always be the same case in contrasting LIC rural areas.