Answer:
Mention the names of 5 elements of rural literature and write 10 sentences about 2 elements in the corner of your choice.
Residual definitions (i.e., remnants of urban definitions based on population size or type of land use): rural is the residual place beyond those places.
Rural is defined in terms of accessibility to urban areas.
Rural is defined in terms of functions performed for urban areas. Rural space provides for urban areas, whether for provision of food, fuel, or recreation.
Rural is defined by level of development relative to urban areas, such as provision of services or issues of poverty and equality.
Wood said that each of those contexts considers the rural relative to the urban, creating methodological and conceptual problems. Apart from the methodological problems of defining the areas, the units of assessment and the problem of setting thresholds are conceptual problems of an urban perspective being predominant.
First, he said, this approach overemphasizes the homogeneity of rural areas, especially when using residual definitions, seeing rural as the residue of an urban category.
