IGCSE Geography / Rural environments

Making rural living sustainable revision notes

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 5: Rural environments, specification point 5.3b, 5.S5. Part of the full course.

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Sustainable rural development meets people’s needs now without using up resources or damaging the environment needed in the future. You can assess schemes by how they affect quality of life, and use evidence to show whether life has improved.

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