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APPENDIX D: AREA CLASSIFICATIONS
The urban, small town and rural classifications used in this report are based on those produced by the Scottish Executive (2005-2006). Two main criteria are used to derive the classifications: settlement size as defined by the General Register Office for Scotland ( GROS) and accessibility based on drive time analysis to differentiate between accessible and remote areas in Scotland. The settlements and accessibility data are then combined to create a Scotland wide classification.
Scottish Executive Urban Rural Classification |
1 Large Urban Areas | Settlements of over 125,000 people. |
2 Other Urban Areas | Settlements of 10,000 to 125,000 people. |
3 Accessible Small Towns | Settlements of between 3,000 and 10,000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10,000 or more. |
4 Remote Small Towns | Settlements of between 3,000 and 10,000 people and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more. |
5 Accessible Rural | Settlements of less than 3,000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10,000 or more. |
6 Remote Rural | Settlements of less than 3,000 people and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more. |
For the purposes of analysis in this report, urban areas have been defined as those in categories 1 and 2; small town areas are defined as those in categories 3 and 4; and rural areas are defined as those in categories 5 and 6.
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