There has been a long-standing gap between the earnings of rural and urban workers. In fact, the divide may be widening. In cities, people earn about 23% more than people in rural areas ...

While an appealing narrative, this urban-rural divide obfuscates as much as it elucidates, severing the essential ties between city and country. Cities (especially Los Angeles) need food ...

And they can profoundly reduce quality of life. We also found that if rural education levels were as high as in urban areas, this would eliminate almost half of the rural-urban life-expectancy gap.

Food insecurity rates increased much faster in rural areas than urban ones last year, something food policy experts attribute to rising costs of living and roll backs of pandemic-era federal programs.

And they can profoundly reduce quality of life. We also found that if rural education levels were as high as in urban areas, this would eliminate almost half of the rural-urban life-expectancy gap.

When you envision the future of sustainable living, do you picture a dense city or the rural countryside? The hyper-urban and the hyper ... felt the draw of the agrarian ideal.

Most cities get more rain than surrounding rural areas, according to a new global study. American researchers who analyzed precipitation levels in more than 1,000 cities worldwide found that more ...

We found that urban over-heating was mitigated more by joining up patches of rural land, planting more woodland scattered around a city, and by having fewer, bigger lakes rather than lots of ...