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ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø research to focus on often-overlooked rural America

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø research to focus on often-overlooked rural America

Researchers' goal is to develop the first systematic understanding of the sociodemographic and economic characteristics and patterns of change in small rural places over time


With more Americans living in big cities, we’ve learned a great deal about the country’s urban places, thanks to a wealth of publicly available data. Much less is known about the country’s small places.Ìý

Contemporary rural America has been called a landscape of despair with what some call stunning divides between rural and urban places.Ìý

Two multi-university grants have been awarded from the National