Rural-to-urban migration is a worldwide phenomenon and the Amazon is no exception. Nonetheless, a very large proportion of its immigrants are small farmers who originally came from the High Andes and ...

Explore how reimagining rural education and opportunities can curb youth migration and empower communities in India.

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 43, No. 1 (February 2023), pp. R1-R9 (9 pages) Internal migration has played a significant role in shifting the population from rural to urban areas worldwide.

BACKGROUND Labor and housing market conditions, alongside political climate, are recognized as pivotal drivers for domestic migration. However, limited research examines how urban/rural status of ...

Rural-urban migration holds a significant threat to potential agricultural production and household food self-sufficiency. Technical advisor for livestock and rangeland management at Agribank Erastus ...

With the rural-urban divide in the headlines, it is time to address long-standing inequities by building a more comprehensive equity analysis. A father and son pick raspberries at an orchard in ...

New approaches made possible through improved access and Internet connectivity can raise the standard of living for approximately 3.4 billion people living in rural areas, without them having to ...

Rural residents feel left behind by the globalized economy and alienated from big cities’ multiculturalism. In both North America and Western Europe, the political divide is increasingly a geographic ...

After 2000, migration from rural to urban areas across the Pan Amazon intensified, as people started moving to either main urban centers or cities in the highlands or on coastlines. In Brazil, already ...