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Recreation Counties and Available Housing in Rural Oregon

Ray, Kirsten - 2022

The term 'recreation county' designates counties that meet certain metrics indicative of regions of high levels of tourism. In rural Oregon, there are seven recreation counties. This article reviews the qualities used to designate these counties as recreation counties, then compares metrics in...

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Disparities in Social Development of Rural Areas in the Context of Sustainable Development of Polish Voivodeships

Wyrwa, Joanna; Barska, Anetta - 2022

The aim of the paper is to assess disparities in social development of rural areas in Poland in the context of sustainable development. Social development is a multidimensional process; therefore, it requires a two-stage research procedure. The first stage consists in the analysis of the...

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Complementarity of the Measures of the Common Agricultural Policy and the Cohesion Policy For Rural Development Between 2021 And 2027 in the Light of Programing Documents

Wasilewski, Adam; Krzyżanowski, Julian; Chmieliński, … - 2022

The aim of the study was to determine the complementarity of the Cohesion Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy in terms of their impact on the development of rural areas between 2021 and 2027. In their research, the authors paid particular attention to the distribution of support between...

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Analysing Modern day Witch Hunts in Rural India

Hooda, Bhumika - 2022

Witch-hunting is the process of finding people who use black magic and bring bad luck to others. When such “witches” are identified, they are often physically punished for their use of black magic. Most of the time, the accused have been women. In many cases, some victims of witch-hunting...

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The Role of Expressways in Rural Migration Communities

WADJIDOU, BOUKARI; Long, Fenjie; Lang, Shi - 2022

We highlight the importance of town expressways by using propensity score matching (PSM) to estimate migration through transport use during the spring festival 2019 in Guizhou province. The findings show that the effects of expressways on outflow and inflow of population increased from 14.67% to...

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What Moves Physicians to Work in Rural Areas? An In-depth Examination of Physician Rural Practice Reasons and Determinants

Hu, Xiaochu; Dill, Michael; Conrad, Sarah - 2022

This study contributes to the current understanding of what drives physicians to practice in rural areas by analyzing new, comprehensive survey data of practicing physicians in the United States. This research confirmed that rural origin is an important and reliable predictor for rural practice...

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Community Development In India : An Experiential Review

Sekhar, S.F Chandra - 2022

Community development initiatives in India have been around fifty years old. All the five-year plans have earmarked … below poverty line. Basic community problems have been the offshoot of the failures of rural community development … this article is three fold. Firstly, it reviews the community development services in the country in general without the …

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Ethnic Communities’ Contribution of Cultural Capital to Grassroots Economic Development in the Special Economic Zone

Phatthanaphraiwan, Suwichan; Fairfield, Benjamin - 2022

The means, motivations, and methods of host culture groups’ (indigenous people’s) contributions to the national and local economic development by means of eco- and cultural tourism in the border area of Tak province closely links cross-border Karen communities (between Thailand and the Karen...

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Solar-Biogas Microgrid : A Strategy for Development of Rural Communities in Pakistan

Arif, Muhammad; Nawab, Faisal; Naveed, Amir; Afridi, Shaista - 2022

Access to uninterrupted power is not a luxury but a basic need. Rural communities living far from the national grid, particularly those in the southern region of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, have limited access to a reliable power supply. In order to provide sustainable electricity,...

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Occurrence, Seasonal Variation, Potential Sources, and Risks of Organophosphate Esters in a Cold Rural Area in Northeast China

Wu, Jian-yong; Zhu, Tong; Chen, Zhu-man; Guo, Jin-song; … - 2022

Organophosphate esters (OPEs) in the environment have been the focus of increasing attention due to their ubiquity and potential toxicity. However, there is little information on the occurrence and characteristics of OPEs in rural areas, especially those with cold year-round temperatures and...

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