Access to Services and Cost Differentials
13 Dec 2012
How Remoteness Affects Choice and Access to Goods and Services
This report by the Office of Fair Trading (2012) examines issues of prices, internet, delivery, road fuels and public transport in the context of remote communities. Price and Choices...
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13 Dec 2012
A Minimum Income Standard for Rural Households
Published in November 2010 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, this report shows that the minimum cost of living in rural areas is greater that in urban areas. The additional costs...
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13 Dec 2012
State of the Countryside Report (CRC 2010) Section2.3 Access to Services
Amongst other information this shows a 22.8% decrease in the number of petrol filling stations located in rural areas between 2000 and 2010 and a 9% decrease in the number...
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