In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density...

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

medicine, rural health or rural medicine is the interdisciplinary study of health and health care delivery in rural environments. The concept of rural health...

factors of rural society, rural economy, and political systems that give rise to the marginalization and economic disadvantage found there. Rural areas, because...

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...

rural tourism providing anchors for transforming economies in some rural areas. These challenges often create rural-urban income disparities. Rural spaces...

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...

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

landscapes of fragmented and mixed urban and rural characteristics. Such areas may be referred to as the rural–urban fringe, the outskirts or the urban hinterland...