Include information from the chart on the previous page to support your answer. Look at where Ireland’s two largest cities
(Dublin and Cork) are on the table.
(ii) The government has announced its Rural Development Policy 2021–2025. Opposite are some of the aims this policy hopes to achieve.
Can you list one economic, one social and one environmental benefit of this policy?
Economic: Social: Environmental:
Urban Problems: Sprawl and Decay
4. Examine the infographic below which highlights the reasons why people would and would not live in Dublin city centre. Answer the questions that follow.
The Dublin region accounts for more than 25% of the country’s total population, with a population density of 4,588 people per square kilometre in the city.