Workguide Case Study depopulation

WORK GUIDE 11 Case study showing causes and effects of rural depopulation

Activity 1. Explain the concept rural decline 2. What was the main function of Graaff-Reinet 3. State THREE reason for the decline of Graaff-Reinet 4. State TWO effects it had on Graaff-Reinet Memorandum 1. The quality of life in the rural area is decreasing e.g. shops and businesses are closing. 2. To provide services to the surrounding residents and communities. 3. - Farms were made larger for business purposes and delivery people no longer stopped in town as trucks transported goods in refrigerators over great distances. - Young people left they were attracted by bright lights of the city resulting in the Graaff-Reinet college attracting very few students. - Labour was replaced by mechanisation which led to less jobs and people moved - people now stopped at large ultra city garages instead of small towns 4. - Shops and business did not have a threshold population and closed down - The amount of external income was reduced