Disruptively regional: How women in Regional, Rural and Remote communities ‘imagine’ with and through digital and social media by Tara BRABAZON, Jacqueline EWART

“… Too often, regional, rural and remote cities and towns are configured in deficit to the metropolis.  …”
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Understanding Technology Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Lens of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: An International, Multi-Centre Study by Hannah R. Marston, Vishnunarayan Girishan Prabhu, Loredana Ivan

“…From a community perspective, individuals living in rural areas and small towns reported significantly lower loneliness scores and higher well-being scores than those living in metros and cities. …”
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Centra, zázemí a periferie hospodářského života raně novověké společnosti v zemích České koruny. O smyslu hospodářských dějin raného novověku by Václav Ledvinka

“…The second probe shows the possibilities and benefits of analysing data from contemporary tax records and lists of serfdom duties and corvées for understanding the function and status of cities and towns in the South Bohemian domain of the lords of Hradec. …”
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Heterogeneity in ‘High Fertility’ Societies. Insights From Compositional Demography by Hilde Bras

“…The 'Traditional 2' subpopulation had on average 7.2 children per woman, more often lived in towns, married significantly later, and had more equal gender relations. …”
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF TERRORISM ON FOOD PRICES IN NIGERIA by LILIAN NNENNE AKHANOLU, HEZEKIAH AMAMIZO OGUNNUBI

“… Nigeria as a nation has been overshadowed by terrorism since 2009 in Borno state where it started as a fight against western education until it aggravated to the destruction of lives and properties in several towns and cities of the country. Farmers are not left out in this mayhem as some were killed and injured on their farms, thus creating a scenario where people are afraid to go to their farms for fear of being maimed and killed. …”
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By Canoe and Speedboat: The Recent Expansion of the Ìlàjẹ Fishing Trade by Kayọde Joseph Onipede

“…Between 2009 and 2013, new trading routes emerged along the road from Igbokoda to Araromi via Atijere on the western side to Ògun and Lagos state, passing through towns like Ipárè, Oko-Ńlá, Obinehin, Etíkàn, Erékè, and Àbòtó. …”
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Entre Rhône et Rhin : les ports fluvio-lacustres de la Suisse romaine by Romain Guichon

“…The typological description of the structures is privileged, as well as their position relative to surrounding towns and territories. The importance of the hydrographic context between the Rhône and Rhine river basins, as well as the regional fluvio-lacustrine transport network is also underscored. …”
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Educational Plans of Applicants of the Russian Province by M. Yu. Boldina

“…Educational migration is carried out in stages: first from rural areas and small towns to large cities, and then from large cities to major cities and capital cities. …”
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Evolution and Influencing Factors of Township Spatial Form: A Two-Dimensional Perspective by Yanpeng Gao, Wenjun Chen

“…This study provides a theoretical basis for the development of Ciyutuo Subdistrict and provides a reference for the development of similar commercial towns.…”
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Effect of Fireworks, Chinese New Year and the COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Pollution and Public Attitudes by Peter Brimblecombe, Yonghang Lai

“…Firework smoke is now most evident in smaller outlying cities and towns. The holiday effect, a reduction in pollutant concentrations when normal work activities are curtailed, is only apparent for NO2 in the holiday week in Wuhan (2015−2020), but not Beijing. …”
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Rag-Pickers as Benefactors and Beneficiaries of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Brief Literature Review by G Venkatesh

“… Ragpickers have long led a marginalised, subliminal and deprived existence, and have silently gone about contributing to ‘informal waste recycling’, diverting in many cities and towns, over half of the recyclable wastes from dumpsites to the technosphere. …”
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Evaluating Urban Community Sustainability by Integrating Housing, Ecosystem Services, and Landscape Configuration by Liang Zhou, Haowei Mu, Bao Wang, Bo Yuan, Xuewei Dang

“…The communities of high sustainability level are mainly located in both sides of the Pearl River and emerging urban areas, while those of medium sustainability level are distributed sporadically in the study area and those of low sustainability level are concentrated in old towns. (3) Community transformation cannot be accomplished at one step. …”
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Counterweight cities in South America as an answer to unitarian centralism: Santa Cruz, Guayaquil and Concepcion by Esteban Valenzuela-Van Treek, Claudia Vaca

“…This article introduces the concept of “counterweight cities” to describe towns that are able to generate an endogenous development process and promote decentralization in traditionally centralist states. …”
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The Borehole Water Intakes Mathematical Models with a Branched and Circular Connection Schemes for Prefabricated Water Conduits by V. V. Veremenyuk, V. V. Ivashechkin, V. I. Krytskaya

“…Borehole water intakes of underground water are widely used for water supply of agricultural towns, urban settlements, small and large cities and megacities. …”
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Unveiling the future: Wavelet- ARIMAX analysis of climate and diarrhea dynamics in Bangladesh’s Urban centers by Md. Waliullah, Md. Jamal Hossain, Md. Raqibul Hasan, Abdul Hannan, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman

“…Conclusions The results of this research have implications for climate-adaptive health planning, emphasizing the need for focused actions to reduce the impact of climate change on diarrheal illness burdens in towns and cities.…”
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Sociodemografic and Clinical Characteristics of Suicidal Cases who Attempted to Emergency Services in Ankara by Selma ERCAN, Mustafa AKSOY, Abdussamed YALCIN, A. Cigdem SIMSEK, S. Rahmi ACAR, Tulay ERCIN SAHIN

“…Also Mamak (19.7%) and Kecioren (17.2%) are towns that cases were seen mostly. The most applied method of suicide attempted is the usage of drugs and toxic substances with the 96.2%. …”
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"Many old people taking care of old people": Experiences of older adults after Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. by Adrián J Santiago-Santiago, Jeffrey Ramos-Santiago, Eliut Rivera-Segarra

“…Therefore, the main objective of this study is to examine the challenges and needs of older adults following Hurricane María in the rural towns of Adjuntas and Castañer, PR. We implemented an exploratory qualitative research design informed by the principles of Liming methodology. …”
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Public Transport in Rural Roads: Measures to Increase Its Modal Share in Iran by Alireza Afkham, Shahriar Afandizadeh, Ali Naderan

“…Given the vast area of Iran and the distance between the population centers in the country, the obtained solutions to increase the share of public rural road transport included reducing the desirability of travel with private cars in short rural distances through interaction with industrial towns around metropolises, along with providing such areas with special services to attract passengers to rural transport with occupational goals.…”
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Osmanlı Devleti’nde Frengi İle Mücadeleye Adanmış Kısa Bir Ömür: Hüdavendigar Vilayeti Seyyar Frengi Tabibi Nuri Ömer Efendi by Mehmet GÜNEŞ

“…Their major duty was to detect patiens and to treat them with the medicine provided by the state by visiting the villages and towns where there was no hospital and following the course of the disease. …”
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Fragmenty písemností z kavalírské cesty hrabat z Clary-Aldringenu z roku 1727 by Jiří Kubeš

“…They also made some trips through the Netherlands and they observed the most important towns and ports (Amsterdam, the Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, etc.). …”
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