Can cities continue to grow without destroying Earth? A new paper from ICTA-UAB, Spain, offers insight into this complex ...

Introduction Cancer is a leading cause of death in China. Rural-to-urban migrants are a group of over 260 million people in China sometimes termed the ‘floating’ population. This study assessed the ...

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Population Fund warned on Tuesday of a crisis of "reproductive agency" amid declining birth rates in many parts of the world. Millions of people are unable to have ...

The Nation Newspaper Empower rural populations for national growth, First Lady urges on World Rural Development Day ...

Americans increasingly understand ourselves and our country through the lens of an urban versus rural divide. ​​Yet this ...

Three distinct scenarios are proposed and tested, one rural and two urban scenarios in Portugal. The maximum communication range achieved was 5660 meters for the rural scenario and around 2000 meters ...

Since 1970, 73% of global wildlife has been lost, while the world's population has doubled to 8 billion. Research shows this ...

While rural development is finally being celebrated in principle, in practice it remains chronically underfunded.

WILKES-BARRE — Shapiro Administration officials joined rural health leaders at Wayne Memorial Hospital to express concerns about the devastating effects of the proposed cuts on rural Pennsylvanians ...

Rural Americans are likelier to develop chronic pain than their urban counterparts, a grim trend exacerbated by limited access to healthcare, age and economic status. A study conducted by the ...

Between 80% and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to do more about climate change. This fact is the central tenet of the 89% Project for climate journalism. Timed to coincide with Earth ...