The two types of Diversified regions seem likely to have similar and positive responses to the Agri-Centric and Urban-Rural meta narratives. The negative employment impacts of the Agri-Centric narrative may easily be absorbed by other parts of the economy, since agriculture’s role is relatively small in these regions. As the Urban-Rural narrative progresses, the economies of diversified regions are increasingly difficult to distinguish from those of adjacent PU regions, and they will therefore follow similar development trajectories. The Globalisation narrative seems likely to affect the Diversified (Secondary) regions in a negative way. Most of these regions are in the.
