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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    factors of rural society, rural economy, and political systems that give rise to the marginalization and economic disadvantage found there. Rural areas, because...
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    medicine, rural health or rural medicine is the interdisciplinary study of health and health care delivery in rural environments. The concept of rural health...
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    rural tourism providing anchors for transforming economies in some rural areas. These challenges often create rural-urban income disparities. Rural spaces...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Rural–urban commuting areas (RUCAs) categorize U.S. census tracts based on measures of urbanization, population density, and daily commuting. RUCA codes...
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    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...
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