Growing and changing demands for water and the increasing impacts of climate change are adding to the challenge of ensuring everyone has access to a safe and reliable water supply.
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Whether true or not, the UK’s political parties have failed to quash the perception that they prioritise cities.
Georgia’s inmate fire crews respond to hundreds of calls in surrounding counties every year. Without them, there might not be a responder, but they aren’t universally loved – and they don’t get paid.
Access to affordable child care affects farm productivity, safety and ultimately the nation’s food supply. Farm families across the U.S. are struggling without it.
In the years since the Supreme Court rejected Kivalina’s appeal on May 20, 2013, the community’s search and rescue team has faced increasing climate disasters: ‘We just can’t adapt this fast.’
Can we now work from anywhere with an internet connection? We interviewed workers who left the city but held onto their jobs to see how they fared. One year on, some had no regrets. Others moved back.
Constructed ice domes release water during dry periods when rain is blocked by high mountain ranges, stifling essential crop cultivation for rural communities.
Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state, and that’s causing problems, a team of bridge engineers and social scientists explains. The infrastructure bill in Congress would offer some help.
Without community involvement and ownership, renewable energy projects are doomed to fail over the long term.
Misconceptions of rural realities can have serious implications. Better use of data can help avoid this and lead to policies that will help rural communities recover in the post-pandemic.
Women and girls are forced to spend hours each day hauling water for their households. Beyond harming both physical and mental health, this takes time away from economic activities and caregiving.
As the scale of the pandemic revealed itself in March, one small town in Newfoundland created a community-led meals-on-wheels to support its seniors.
A disaster is looming for remote Canadian communities after Air Canada cancelled 30 regional routes. It threatens the rights of all Canadians to be connected to the national transportation system.
Rural America has special problems as it copes with the COVID-19 pandemic.
A greater focus on the well-established migrant populations and second-generation youth is crucial when planning for the social and economic well-being of rural and regional areas.
We read about and watch other people moving to the coast or country and, in doing so, sometimes we’re persuaded to join the seachangers and treechangers ourselves.
Rural Westerners have been stereotyped as angry ranchers who hate government. But for every gun-wielding militia member, there are many others who work collaboratively to protect what they value.
Tasmania has an estimated rental housing shortfall of 29,200 households across the state. Especially in disadvantaged rural areas, local councils have had to step in to help house residents locally.
Australia’s local leadership, including businesses executives and politicians, is relatively weak compared to those in other nations.
Across Japan, towns and villages are vanishing as the population ages and young people move to the cities. How the country manages this holds lessons for other developed nations facing a similar fate.
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Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of the Western Cape
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Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications & Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Researcher and Director of Climate Change and Risk Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
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Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Co-Director, Institute for Information Policy and Associate Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sustainable Urban Precincts Project, RMIT University
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Adjunct professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University