Social Sciences and History / Unit 12 SSH 1115 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rural Defined: Land Use, Density, Livelihood
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The idea
Rural space is typified by land use, especially agriculture and forestry, low population density, agricultural employment, small settlements and an agrarian way of life; definitions vary by country. About forty-five and a half percent of the world's population still lives in rural areas.
In practice
Rural units mixing agricultural and non-agricultural activity.
Where people slip
The UN's figure, through the anchor, dated twenty sixteen.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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