Tourism, Security and Safety From Theory to Practice

More rural and remote—often with high scenic
through inmigration with a relatively 
values. Population falling through 
young age structure.
outmigration, with an aging structure.
Innovative, pioneering, and enjoys good
Reliant on imported technologies and ideas,
inflows.
and suffers from poor information flows.
Focus on major political, economic, and 
Remote from decision making leading to a
social decisions.
sense of alienation and lack of power.
Good infrastructure and amenities.
Poor infrastructure and amenities.
Source:
Brown and Hall (2000, p. 9).
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The highlighted sections in Table 1 show key factors affecting the Grampian
region. Aberdeen city is the core city, bringing some new people and business to
the area. Nonetheless, the peripheral hinterland surrounding the city is typical of
peripheral places. The 2001 Census highlighted this, showing only 15% of the pop-
ulation was under 15 years old, whereas over 18% of the population are 65
+
(the
web site Aberdeen.net, Aberdeen City Council 2002). Aberdeen, however, still
makes up a large percentage of the area, with a population of 212,215, which is
4.2% of the population of Scotland, although this figure is falling, due to younger
generations moving away. Statistics show that in 1991 the population was 211,910,
dropping by 3,040 in 2001, clearly defining problems of an aging society. The
northeast of Scotland is undoubtedly dependent on the oil industry and contains a
city and a number of smaller towns mainly reliant on oil and some traditional
industries. However, it is an area with a mainly peripheral structure with poor roads
and a large rural community not dissimilar to Cumbria. It also contains some
unique tourist attractions and wonderful scenic beauty comparable to the north-
east of England.