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small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically described as rural, as well as other areas lacking substantial development...

Rural areas in the United States, often referred to as rural America, consist of approximately 97% of the United States' land area. An estimated 60 million...

both urban and rural areas. Rural poverty is often a product of poor infrastructure that hinders development and mobility. Rural areas tend to lack sufficient...

to be 2.5 times higher in rural areas compared to urban areas. Additionally, the likelihood that a child born in a rural area will die before the age of...

political science, the urban–rural political divide is a phenomenon in which predominantly urban areas and predominantly rural areas within a country have sharply...

Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and...

comments from stakeholders. Rural areas in India have a shortage of medical professionals. 74% of doctors are in urban areas that serve the other 28% of...

the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies...

living in urban areas. In 2009, the number of people living in urban areas (3.42 billion) surpassed the number living in rural areas (3.41 billion), and...

delimitation of urban and rural areas, which contains a definition of metropolitan areas called the Functional urban area. It is defined as a city and...

Rural flight (also known as rural-to-urban migration, rural depopulation, or rural exodus) is the migratory pattern of people from rural areas into urban...

parliament by the Minister for Rural Development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. It aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days...

injuries) mortality rates, were "approximately 50% higher in rural areas than urban areas", with lack of access to adequately staffed healthcare facilities...

serve rural areas with basic banking and financial services. However, RRBs also have urban branches. The Government of India enacted the Regional Rural Banks...

Rural sociology is a field of sociology traditionally associated with the study of social structure and conflict in rural areas. It is an active academic...

rural areas usually have a greater need for transport than urban dwellers. High levels of car ownership can diminish the problem, but certain rural groups...

county-equivalents, urban area boundaries may consist of partial areas of these political units. Urban areas are distinguished from rural areas: any area not part of...

rural depopulation, or rural exodus) is the migratory pattern of people from rural areas into urban areas. It is urbanization seen from the rural perspective...

govern territories that extend well beyond the core urban area into suburban and rural areas. The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest...

living and means of living. Life in rural China differs from that of urban China. In southern and coastal China, rural areas are developing and, in some cases...