As the police budget is set to be cut further under the government's austerity measures, balancing theurbanandrural needs for the force area will add to the challenges for the new PCC.
He added that while thearea studied in the current research included both urbanandrural regions, the health concerns of Athens residents could be at least as great.
Having looked at all the information, they calculated that "6.8% of the UK's land area is now classified as urban" (a definition that includes rural development and roads, by the way).