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Rural depopulation is a phenomenon affecting ruralRural

Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities....
 locales in both developed and developing countries, whereby net population movement leaves rural places with decreasing population and urban places with increasing population, caused by the migration of people from rural areas to urban areas.

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  • Migration of the disadvantagedMigration of the disadvantaged

    Migration of the disadvantaged is a phenomenon, where the marginalized populations move out from cities to depopulated subur...
  • Rural-urban migrationRural-urban migration

    Rural-urban migration is the migration of people from rural areas into cities....
  • UrbanizationUrbanization

    Urbanization or urbanisation is the increase over time in population or extent of cities and towns....
  • Rural exodusRural exodus

    Rural exodus is a term used to describe the migratory patterns that normally occur in a region following the mechanisation o...