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Rural development

  • Glossary item | 20 Mar 2025

Rural development involves efforts that are economic and social in nature intended to encourag concepts of retention, growth, and expansion in areas outside cities, including improving quality of life for rural residents through such activity.

Atkinson, Christopher. (2017). Rural Development. 10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1014-1.

Source category: Scientific and Technical Literature

 

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