Village Development Analysis

The two plans illustrate who Ryehath, a village evolved over a period of 25 years. The major developments made focused on modernization of the village while keeping its original essence or structure. In the year 1990, the majority of the area was utilized as either farmlands or forest. The village had two important roads, one being the main road which connected the primary school and garden to different places while the other road was Abbey road. The two roads merged into one single road which went out to the bank of river. There was a forest on the opposite side of the river. After the span of almost three decades, various new amenities were build including a cafe, petrol pump which actually replaced the farmland on the upper side of the river. Whereas the farmland on the lower side was converted to a residential area along with a parking of it's own, there was also a supermarket and postoffice besides it. Eventhough the supermarket replaced the traditional shops but the windmills were still intact.A bridge was build on the river in order to start a human settlement in the forest with a Cliffroad between it.

THE TWO PICTURES DEPICT THE DEVELOPMENT OF RYEHATH VILLAGE FROM A TIME PERIOD OF 1990 TO 2015. WE CAN SEE MAJOR CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE OVERALL BETTERMENT OF THE VILLAGE. IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP FROM THE YEAR 1990 WE CAN SEE THAT IT WAS AN ARCHAIC SETTING VILLAGE WITH VERY BASIC AMENITIES LIKE A PRIMARY SCHOOL, GARDEN, POLICE STATION, ETC. IN THE MEANWHILE IF WE COMPARE IT WITH THE MAP FOR THE YEAR 2015 WE CAN SEE A GROWTH OR IMPROVEMENT IN THE AMENITIES LIKE THE COLLEGE, POST OFFICE, ETC. A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE SEEN WITH THE DEPICTION OF CLIFFROAD IN THE 2015 MAP ALONG WITH THE BRIDGE TO CROSS THE RIVER. THE OLD MAP CONSISTED OF A BIG CHUNK OF LAND SOLELY DEDICATED TO A FOREST AND FARMLAND BUT IN 2015 THERE IS NO FOREST IN THE MAP EVEN FARMLAND HAS DISAPPEARED, FROM THIS WE CAN INFER THAT DEFORESTATION MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE FOREST LAND AS WELL AS THE FARMLAND, BUILDINGS, HOUSES AND OTHER AMENITIES GOT CONSTRUCTED ON THEIR PLACE. AS THERE WAS INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HOUSES, EVEN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES INCREASED AND AS A RESULT WE SEE A SEPARATE AREA FOR PARKING IN THE 2015 MAP WHICH DIDN'T EXISTED EARLIER. SUPPORTING THE EARLIER POINT, AS THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES INCREASED IN THE VILLAGE THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE A REQUIREMENT FOR FUEL, HENCE WE SEE A PETROL PUMP. EARLIER WE DIDN'T HAVE A SUPERMARKET IN THE VILLAGE, SO FOR SMALL HOUSEHOLD NEEDS EVERYTIME RESIDENTS WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO GO TO MARKETS OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE A SPECIALIZED SUPERMARKET HERE ITSELF. ALONG WITH THAT WE CAN ALSO NOTICE A CAFE IN THE VILLAGE WHICH IS ANOTHER SIGN OF DEVELOPMENT. THE VILLAGE DIDN'T HAVE IT'S OWN POST OFFICE EARLIER, BUT WE CAN SEE IT IN THE 2015 MAP AS COLLEGES HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE VILLAGE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE LITERACY RATE AND THAT'S WHY THE IMPORTANCE FOR HAVING A POST OFFICE IN THE VILLAGE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FELT. IN A NUTSHELL WE CAN SAY THAT THE FROM 1990 TO 2015 THERE WAS AN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF RYEHATH VILLAGE FROM INFRASTRUCTURE TO EDUCATION BUT IT WASN'T ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY AS THE ENTIRE FOREST AND FARMLAND HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY HOUSES AND BUILDINGS.

By going through the maps from 1990 to 2015, we can clearly see a shift or development of Ryehath village, comparing the map i have found some key difference that that clealy shows a story about the development. In 1990, Ryehath village shows a traditional layout about the forest that is on the otherside of the river. People back then must be using water from the river that is beside their framland to grow crops that is essential for their survival. There is a road that diverges in two named a main road and abbey road, on the main road there is a garden and primary school, and on the abbey road there is a shop followed by windmill that might be used to power the village. Before the road diverging there is a police station behind which a framland and opposite to police station another framland. Now when looking to the map of 2015 there is a drastic change, we can see a bridge as a sign of development which opened new road called Cliff Road and new housing propety at the cost of deforestation. Both the framnlands were converted to cafe, petrol pump, housing and parking. shop was upgraded to super market, addition of post office and college for better future of the coming generations, primary school, garden, police station and windmill were in the same location as therywere in since 1990.

The two maps highlights the development occured in the village of Ryehath between 1990 and 2015. It is pertinent to draw a comparison between the major changes that have come over the years, for which, a summary of village as it stood in 1990 is relevant, which we shall take as reference point to chart out major changes in 2015. 1990 village features: The village primarily reflects an agriculutural outlook from the facilities available. On the north of the map, we find a police station behind which a huge farmland exists which is further adjoined on its right toward east by a Primary School and Garden. The south of map, we find another farmland adjoined on its right by shops and a windmill. The main road and abbey road merges and cuts across the village making it the centre reference point and ends toward the west by a river. On the right of the river toward west, we find a huge forest surrounding the said section of the village. 2015 village features (Comparative outlook): The outlook of the village has been transformed into a more urban setup. On the north of the map, we find major changes where the police station is now adjoined by a cafe and petrol pump. Further, on the far noth-east where earlier only a Primary School and Garden were located, there has been an addition of a College toward the right of the Primary School. On the southern part of the map, the farmland has been replaced by Housing and Parking, whereas on the right side of the Parking, the earlier Shops have been replaced by a new Supermarket adjoined by a Post Office. The Windmill toward far south-east remains as it is. The main road and abbey road that cuts across the village making it the centre reference point is now further extended through a new Bridge on Western side of the village that crosses the river located West and connects the new cliffroad that has been replaced by the forest into a Residential Area on the West of the village. To conclude, it can be said that the village has been transfomed considerably over 1990 to 2015, toward a more urban living experience with modern amenities sucha as Cafe, Supermarket, access to higher education like College and a better infrastructure for housing.

The provided maps depict the information about the changes made in the village of Ryehath from 1990 to 2015. Overall, ample of new amenties were added and many places converted into new places in the given period of time. To begin, tthe forest area was changed to houses and a cliff road was added between the houses. Farmland was converted into a new cafe and petrol pump, whereas, the police station, primary school and garden remained the same between1990 and 2015. A college was built in the upper right corner of the map in 2015 which was not present in 1990. Moving further, a bridge was also constructed on the river for good transportation in 2015. Another farmland was also placed by housing area and parking. Windmill stayed the same in both maps , in contrast, shops were converted into the super market. In additon to this, in the last given year , post office was also introduced in sout-east corner.