Scottish Settlements Urban and Rural Areas in Scotland

Annex C - The Methodology for 2000

The method

Urbanisation of rural areas

10. Table C shows the percentage of 1999/2 postcodes outside 1991 localities identified as 'urban'. As stated above, some of these will not survive subsequent processes to become settlements. Others will reflect genuine urbanisation since 1991 - either belonging to new free-standing settlements or to extensions to existing settlements.