The urban-rural meta-narrative seems likely to have a generally positive impact on these D-P types, as they are net gainers in terms of population and economic activity, due both to counter-urbanisation and in-migration from remoter regions. The Globalisation meta narrative (here interpreted mainly in terms of economic restructuring effects) is also likely to have predominantly positive impacts upon these types of non-urban region. The PRR regions are assumed to experience the neta-narratives in a generally negative way, with marginalisation of small farms in the Agri-Centric narrative, continued “rural exodus” demographic ageing, and perverse impacts of transport infrastructure improvements.
