Village Development Analysis

The maps shown depict the development of village of Ryehath between 1990 and 2015. The village lies in the banks of a river with road which spilts into main road and abbey road at a fork. In 1990, the main occupation of the people was farming with two major farmlands on either side of the road. There was a forest across the river. The village had a police station and primary school with garden on one side of the road while there were shops and windmills on the other side. In 2015, the farmland has been deconstructed to build cafe and petrol , pump. In addition to primary school a college has been built besdie it. Whereas, on the other side of the road the farmland has been converted to residence with attached parking space. There is a new post office to send letters. The shop which existed earlier is now transformed into a super market. There has been deforestration to pave way Cliff road with housing built on either side of the road. The Cliff road is also connected to the bridge which makes it easier to commute across the river. While there has been significant change in the village over the years, it has still managed to preserve its primary school, windmills, garden and the police station.

The two maps represents the differences in the village of Ryehath and how much it has developed from 1990 to 2015. One of the most significant change is the removal of the forest land. The patch is now coverted to a residential area with several houses that run alongside the river and are separated by Cliffroad. Another major change is done to the farmlands which now houses cafe, petrol pump and parking on both side side of the road. The only places to remain intact in the last 15 years are police station, garden, and windmill. Additionally, primary school is extended and a college is developed as its neighbor. Earlier, there were only shops in between the farmland and windmill. However, now the location comprises of a supermarket as well as a post office. Furthermore, in 1990, the two roads, namely Main Road and Abbey Road, intersected and ended right before the river. However, now the intersection is extended via a bridge across the river which also passes Cliffroad. Overall, the village of Ryehath saw major civilisation from 1990 to 2015 in terms of deforestation and construction.

This map indicates the development in the village of Ryehath between 1990 to 2015 There are lots of development happening into the village, like bridge, cafe , petrol pump , college , parking area , post office and supermarket was constructed into the village First of all, a bridge was made on the river that is east side of the village. Then after cutting the trees, cafe and pertrol pump was made on the north side of the village. A college was developed besides the primary school , that is very good to get the higher education. Next parking was redeveloped onto the farmland in south side of the village. And shops was redeveloped on the places of shops. Last but not least post office was constructed on south west side of the village besides the parking areas. Overall, there are good developments as well bad development were made onto the village Good development like cafe , petrol pump that were developed on farmland. So that people can easily acces to petrol pump and cafe With that they developed some houses by cutting the trees, that is a kind of bad development , we can say , because by cutting the trees , will leads to pollute the enviroment.

The given diagrams illustrate the changes that the village of Ryehath has undergone between 1990 and 2015. Whereas there have been additions to public infrastructure, an equal proportion of it has also remained intact. The major change the village has undergone is the clearing up of farmlands and forests, predominantly for residential buildings. The overall geography of the village has remained largely similar from 1990 with a road in the centre running in the east-west direction and forking into the Main Road towards the north and into Abbey Road towards the south on the eastern side of the village. The primary school and garden on the Main Road and the Windmill on the Abbey Road have stayed the same in the year 2015, and so as the Police Station in the centre of the village, on the north of the road. In detail, the road has been extended towards the western side of the village which was previously a forested area through the contruction of a bridge by 2015. The forests have been cleared and Cliff Road runs perpendicular to the existing road on the north with houses on both sides. The farmlands in the centre of the village provides for cafe and petrol pump on the north, and has houses and parking area on the south. The shops along the abbey road have been upgraded to a supermarket. Apart from the retention and changes, a college has been set up on the north-east corner of the map. A post office has been installed besides the parking towards the east. In summary, the village has undergone modernisation predominantly through changes and additions to its public infrastructure.

Over the course of two and a half decades, the village of Ryehath has seen significant infrastructure development. While, urbanization has resulted in deforestation, residential and commercial activities have replaced agriculture. Police station, primary school, garden and windmill have been the only constant; apart from the river and two roads. A bridge connecting the village to the land across the river is constructed. The forest cover that once populated the land across the river is now repurposed to residential zone with Cliff road bisects it. The farmland on the north of police station is replaced by a cafe and petrol pump. Whereas, the farmland on the southern edge is again repurposed to residential zone with a dedicated space for parking. Next to the primary school, towards the eastern corner, a college is constructed. Shops between the farmland and windmill are upgraded to supermarket. And lastly, a post office is erected to the south of this supermarket. To summarise, over the last 25 years- replacing the agrarian activities; commercial, residential and educational activites have found a prominance in the village, supported by neccessary infrastructure