Abstract
This paper will compare and contrast the landscape of the urban area of the City of Brighton and Hove and the rural area of the District of Wealden, which are both located in East Sussex County, England.
Compare and Contrast Two Areas of the Sussex Landscape-Urban Area of Brighton and Hove City and the Rural Country Side of the District of Wealden
There is an impressively wide spectrum of divergence within the sheer nature of certain landscape entities. For some landscape entities there is a greater chance that it will show a very wide variety of features within itself. In this scenario, the discussion and discourse focuses on an example of a nearly extreme variety within a relatively small space. The name of that
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These are all made up of a location within relatively small landmass and fits with the nature of small and dense cities. What speaks most importantly about the population of Brighton is the fact that it does lie within such a small area, a feature that grants it a high population density of 9,000 people per square mile. This density level lags behind that of larger metropolitan areas such as London (14,200/sq mi), however it still holds significance by contrast with the more rural and sparsely populated District of Wealden, which has a population density of 480 people per square mile, given its much larger land size and lower population (eastsussexinfigures.org.uk, 2014). Wealden covers an area of 323 square miles, and is the largest district in East Sussex. Half the population of the District of Wealden, live in five main towns, which are Crowborough, Hailsham, Heathfield, Polegate and Uckfield; and the rest of the population live in villages and hamlets in some of the most attractive countryside in the South of England. Two-thirds of the district is covered by the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the South Downs National Park; and located within the district there are 34 conservation areas and over 2,500 listed buildings.
This figure below reflects the differences in designation between these two areas. Brighton and Hove is a city that holds a large population, and is set as a unitary authority that is also consolidated as its own administrative district. It therefore has the status of a city. Meanwhile the District of Wealden is roughly 22 miles away and due to its rural nature, every settlement within its borders are designated as civil parishes, along with most of the rest of England, usually also rural
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“Drainage patterns, the hilliness of the ground, the range of soils, the nature of the bedrock,
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